No, the Buffalo Sabres didn’t arrive via dog sled, exhausted from digging out of their snowbound burgh and buried by critics.
Coach Sheldon Keefe didn’t see the Sabres’ visit as an opportunity to rest his stars or go with frequent scratches Wayne Simmonds and Nick Robertson. He’s coming back with Thursday’s lineup from an overtime loss to New Jersey, including Matt Murray in net and Auston Matthews, who had to leave Friday’s practice with a lower body shot block.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
At 6-foot-6, he’s a handful for any team’s defence in front of the net – and the Leafs are still trying to replace one of their most physical blueliners in Ilya Lyubushkin, who joined Buffalo in the off-season, on top of Jake Muzzin’s career-threatening spinal injury. “You want to do all those things, be physical and protect your net, but at the same time we’re talking about wanting to help on offence.”Article content
Keefe says the bigger issue is getting consistency among the 12 forwards he is using regularly, believing he’s seeing the right results after a very shaky October, now with a record of 5-1-2 this month. The Sabres bussed in Friday night, escaping the worst of the snow that fell south of the city. One player and one assistant coach struggled to get to the departure in time from hard hit Orchard Park, where 77 inches was expected to have fallen between Friday and Saturday.
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