The Buffalo Sabres and New York Jets are in the same boat. That is not a boat you ever want to be in. Neither team has made the playoffs in 14 seasons, a streak that is wearing on Buffalo . At the NHLPA Media Tour, Sabres forward Jiri Kulich set a personal expectation to score a lot of goals to help break the streak. The 21-year-old spoke with The Athletic's Michael Russo about that goal.

“I think I can be the goal scorer,” Kulich said, per Russo. “You know, I never played defense before I came here to the U.S., so I really had a tough two years in Rochester to figure out how to defend. I think I’m doing a pretty good job. But I could see myself as a two-way center, goal scorer.”

Kulich was drafted in the first round of the 2022 NHL draft, 28th overall, by the Sabres. In his rookie

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