‘“Ells, he’s goes into that category of people that just love the game,” said Sabres alternate captain Kyle Okposo. “I’ve been around for a while and he’s right at the top of people who just care about the game and just want to be here. So, always gonna be an enthusiastic – bring an enthusiastic energy and he ran a great practice (Monday). I thought we had great energy as a group. He did a great job stepping in there.”‘