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Ruff doesn&#8217t want Butler to sit too long

‘”I said (to Butler), ‘I was patient through a good stretch of games where I didn’t like the desperation and I didn’t like the way you were playing,’” Ruff said Saturday after the Sabres held an optional workout at the Amherst Center. “Some of the stuff in the previous game just lacked the urgency of a team that needed to win a game. “I just told him, I said, ‘It’s a tough lesson, but I need the desperation like this is your first two weeks in the NHL again,’” Ruff said.’

Sabres seek solution to scoring slump

‘"Our habits have to lead to good scoring," Ruff said Saturday. "I still don’t think some of our habits in the game, from net-front presence to attacking from different places — some of our habits aren’t good enough yet."’

Mancari called up for injured Stafford

‘"Hopefully, he can come up and give us a bit of an offensive burst," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "He’s actually the guy that’s been going the best down there. We’ll maybe play him up there with Derek Roy. We’ll see."’