{"id":545950,"date":"2026-04-07T17:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:48:16","slug":"alan-pergament-ray-dunleavy-on-the-end-of-the-drought-wnys-excitement-and-what-jeanneret-would-be-thinking-buffalo-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545950\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Pergament: Ray, Dunleavy on the end of the drought, WNY&#039;s excitement and what Jeanneret would be thinking &#8211; Buffalo News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxONjlhbGp1RkNMWXplLTdVLXRZSlpSbkw0V2x1c01td29nbDVGSFFmOFFoUlNneTJxVVpiVFpmRWtOMnQzM2xJSHg3RkRsRHNiYWs4eVBILWZtSi12YnNoQXRXY19ScTRCX0NYYXRHQWlBVmlISUVmSzdmUVZ4X2VWVnRVOXhFV3hGWm1PalZ2dVJUNHpkejMtT3RUQVFuU0lfZTNKeUI5aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alan Pergament: Ray, Dunleavy on the end of the drought, WNY&#8217;s excitement and what Jeanneret would be thinking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Buffalo News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQRW4tcVNqOEJlVFRSU1BHODEwOE43dHRsdDJDSV8taWpINFpGTGFUVkxNdWlGQlVnYzBhNUtsZHhObzFYMU13Sk1RdkNnVVNTNlNZNVBzdXNralA0TGp3YVZnTkFWNWlZVENBOGs2TWhUTkpxNmM3RHJhczQ4OHB6MVFuYlc2V3FLUWg3MnY4c0lKQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sabres &#8216;going to push&#8217; for home-ice advantage after ending playoff drought<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NHL.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOZlRQMkF2VTBSckRlQlJrM1RJWnNEbEhmclduX2RjX05scFdDcXJSYnIwM0tFVi1jcHRmb0ZHbnFuN2hiY1c0NHc1eFlrdzNNM3VLeXhkbmtXR2YxUEJ5S1FlR0lrZkwwQkxzQzAyU2J2Qkd6T055R251TTRsYkFtLWlsaTdqM2NzUVZFbWZ5aEZsTUM1WnVVbGRDVTI0dG9MRW5yN0ZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sabres clinch playoff spot, end longest drought in NHL history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOUXc4UndaZHBhNUtScEhsbVhkRkxmbWxnazdsek9oQTluWjZRekJGMlNnakFrdkVWeFBOZV9JZjRJcExXT3dYVkRfWnFiVTcybi1QT0I3cDdFVVNZTmRoaUw3OGo1UkltLWsxWVJOQXQ5a1d1ZjBRWVZ3cTY1LTRhVUdrVHBobDQxN3RjVEM3dmU4RWFz0gGaAUFVX3lxTE80bmxEWHhXQmlhbXV0TS1hbE1fbFRwYWllY1RpYjg1TkVxRlBWSHhBN2QwUmxFWThEdFloME4wUkhTVThMM2JTc2cxNVd5TFloZmxmUG5pcU5pZ1NsRHdkeDFmdDJONGF1bVpQTGtveWczNjVOR2R6Um5SN1hGbE9JMll0SnVmTGpSLUpJYzhnOU9DWkRRUWpvYnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buffalo Sabres announce playoff plans for fans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;wivb.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPeFNDNEZfQWQ2d3QyekowSHNGVkJRZDJiWl9NdFVyajhoeVdhNXZzT0Z2RjFFamo4SFhnMGstQVNEY3NGQmtOdXpTYUNPd0tzeHZ6T3Z0cTd5ajVfXzNlWUU0eFV3dkMtTV9Kd2h0NHhuQ2ZwLVpNOTBzYUY0WldZOWlFUEpEa1JwcVU1bWRzVy1jUDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Playoff-bound Sabres can now set sights on bigger accomplishments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Faceoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Pergament: Ray, Dunleavy on the end of the drought, WNY&#8217;s excitement and what Jeanneret would be thinking&nbsp;&nbsp;Buffalo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[229,62151,5,6,38005,23747,285,36324,13238],"class_list":{"0":"post-545950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-buffalo-sabres","9":"tag-dan-dunleavy","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-ice-hockey","12":"tag-john-forslund","13":"tag-ken-daniels","14":"tag-national-hockey-league","15":"tag-rick-jeanneret","16":"tag-rob-ray"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116364686416928270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}