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Pride becomes the motivating factor for Matt Moulson

‘”Yeah, I think it’s hard to sometimes,” Moulson said about ignoring the chatter. “But I think once you start worrying about that, then you’ve got a little more problems than just hockey. I think you’re at home thinking about a lot of things. Obviously you want to do well. I think any athlete that’s competitive wants to do well in a team environment and personally.’

Sabres Notebook: Veterans looking to establish accountability

‘”It’s obviously not very much fun to be at the rink right now and that’s never a good feeling,” Kyle Okposo said Thursday morning. “We just feel like we’re letting a lot of people down and we just have to find a way to make some changes. I think as a group we have to come together as a team and just really buy in. Otherwise it’s just going to be a miserable year.”‘

Losing streak leaves Sabres searching for answers

‘“It’s not very much fun to be at the rink right now, and that’s never a good feeling,” Okposo said Thursday. “We just feel like we’re letting a lot of people down and just have to make some changes. As a group, we have to come together as a team and just really buy in, otherwise it’s going to be a miserable year.”’

There’s nothing wrong with Jack Eichel

‘Although it’s superficially easy to build a case that Eichel has been a disappointment this season, anything more than a cursory examination reveals that for the rubbish it is. He’s an awfully good player, and by and large he’s doing good things in a difficult situation. Buffalo’s problem isn’t that Eichel isn’t doing enough; it’s that they don’t have enough players like him.’