In case you haven't been following the NHL lately, theBuffalo Sabresare good.
So good, in fact, that thanks to their thrilling 7-6 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning recently, the Sabres lead the Atlantic by two points and are in prime position to win their division for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
19 years is a long time to go between division titles, and to illustrate just how long it's been, let's see what things were like in the ancient times of 2007.
Pop culture, politics, and even the league looked a lot different nearly two decades ago, so let's do our best Little River Band impression and reminisce.
Legends like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were fresh-faced youngsters ready to take the league by storm.
Sid The Kid was fresh off a 100-point season as a rookie and would end up leading the league with 120 points in 2007, while Ovi notched his own 100-point season and took home a Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie the year before.
The salary cap was a paltry $45 million and the Atlanta Thrashers were still alive and kicking in the 404.
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Songs like "Umbrella" by Rhianna and Jay-Z as well as "Hey There Delilah" by The Plain White T's had everyone's radio dial in a stranglehold, while Beyoncé had the Billboard number one song of the year with "Irreplaceable" ("to the left, to the left" went the Overton window).
Meanwhile, on the silver screen, films likeSpider-Man 3andThe Departedwere box office and critical successes, respectively, but everyone probably remembers 2007 for a certain blockbuster based on a cartoon about robots from another planet starring Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf.
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