Sabres Notebook: With Okposo still out, Smith will make his NHL debut

‘”It’s going to be a real good opportunity for him to show what he can do,” Bylsma said of Smith. “We’ve seen him the last two days in practice and he’s got some speed and jump to his game. I really kind of noted his puck skills and his tenaciousness on the puck. He’s not a big guy and he’s not going to be fooling anyone out there with his size, but I’ve liked the way in practices that he’s competed on pucks and been tenacious on pucks and I think that is a big part of his game.”‘