Well that didn’t go exactly as planned… The Buffalo Sabres opened the year with a loss on the road in Columbus. It wasn’t all bad but there wasn’t a great deal to write home about either. Here are my five takeaways from Game 1 of 84.

Ric Tapia/Getty Images Welcome to the first edition of the Friday 5. A five pack of Sabres content from past, present and in this case future. We are opening this new feature with a Fan Pre-Season Wishlist. These are my five biggest wishes headed into this new season. Just like every team’s goal at the start of the season should be the Stanley Cup, it should be on every fans wish list, so I tried to leave some of the more obvious things out of this week’s picks. Let’s kick i