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Blue-liners serve as deceptive duo

'“I’m not putting up offensive numbers so if you’re going to notice a guy like me on the back end, it’s from mistakes,” Pratt said Tuesday in HSBC Arena. “So I try to avoid them, play a pretty simple game and make the easy outlet pass. I don’t want to put myself in a position where I can’t make a play. I move the puck quick, get it up to our forwards. I take a lot of pride in playing well defensively.”'

Deal or no deal? Campbell says no

'Campbell, who is minus-6 the last two games, is clearly getting worn by talk of next Tuesday’s trade deadline. “It’s not easy, and I can’t sit here and say I’m having fun with it,” he said. “I wish it wasn’t me, to be honest with you.”'

Ruff, Sabres Look To Rebound

‘“When you break it down, we went through a pretty good stretch,” Ruff said during his weekly Tuesday appearance on The Howard Simon Show. “We played a great first period where we should’ve come out with a couple of goals. We didn’t pull the trigger quite fast enough. There’s nothing you can take out of the weekend except that we wanted to bounce back (against Pittsburgh).”’