Sabres come out firing at NHL and Devils : the team is furious!

Tuesday’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders has been postponed due to the league’s COVID Protocol. The postponement comes after the New Jersey Devils had their games through Feb. 6 postponed on Monday due to placing 10 players in the COVID-19 protocol. The Sabres played the Devils in back-to-back games over the weekend.

And the Sabres are furious about it. According to team insider John Vogl of The Athelic, while the Sabres’ players are aware they were taking a risk having a season in the COVID-19 era, they didn’t think they’d be exposed to unnecessary risks. 

“The Sabres hosted New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday despite the Devils showing significant signs of a coronavirus outbreak.

New Jersey’s Travis Zajac was added to COVID-19 protocol list Friday and did not travel to Buffalo. Kyle Palmieri played Saturday and was added to the list Sunday.

The Sabres, according to multiple sources, requested more information from the NHL and the Devils about the health of their opponent. Their request was denied.”

We can understand why the Sabres are upset over this and expressed their worry to play Sunday, having already faced one Devils player who went into the league’s COVID-19 protocol. The NHL continued with the scheduled game…

“Buffalo is furious with the league and with New Jersey,” a source told Vogl. 

We don’t know as of now if Thursday’s meeting between the Sabres and the New York Islanders will go on as scheduled. Tuesday’s game brings the total to 15 games postponed in the NHL this season.

The Sabres await for the league’s decision for the next game and, in the meantime, they are pretty pissed.