‘The Sabres’ series against Carolina was a battle of attrition as injuries to Dmitri Kalinin, Teppo Numminen and Henrik Tallinder crushed the defense corps. The topper was the leg infection that felled Jay McKee the night before Game 7. And still, Buffalo had a 2-1 lead through 40 minutes before finally losing the series finale 4-2.’
Archives for January 25, 2022
Sabres Notebook: Racist incident involving Malcolm Subban’s brother is ‘disturbing’
‘”I’ve obviously thought about him quite a bit and I will connect with him as soon as I can here,” Granato said. “Kevyn reached out to him and had a good conversation with him. … We haven’t seen him because he’s been out. But I’m looking forward to connecting with him and certainly hope he’s doing well, both with the family and his surgery. It is sad and disturbing.”‘
Halfway through season, Sabres feel progress, excited about future
‘So in his first days, Granato thrust some young players who had been getting scratched or skating short minutes down the lineup – centers Casey Mittelstadt and Tage Thompson, for example – into prominent roles.’
Sabres troubled by racial taunt Jordan Subban experienced: ‘It’s really sad’
‘“It is sad, disturbing,” Granato said of what Jordan Subban experienced. “I do believe that the rallying of people in unfortunate instances that happen is really inspiring and motivating and influential, very positive, influential. I think from a league standpoint, from a hockey standpoint … there’s issues that have to be dealt with but it’s a reflection of the person or the people. I think the sport is healthy in response, is healthy in the fact they care and we all want to do the right things. It’s learning how to do the right things better I think is what we’re all as a society going through and a sport.”‘
Tuesday’s Ottawa Coverage
Sabres visit the Senators after Krebs’ 2-goal game (AP)
Gameday 5: Senators vs. Sabres, Jan. 25 (OttawaSenators.com)
Kyle Okposo saddened by, yet, another racial incident in hockey
‘“I think that the best way to effect change is through people that you know and have real and honest conversations. I think social media is in a lot of ways just garbage. There’s so much negativity that gets spread through comments and it’s not real. You wouldn’t say something face-to-face that you’re going to post in somebody’s comments, that’s part of this problem, that you’re just allowed to say whatever you want and the violence and racist thoughts just perpetuate in that setting, so I think we just need to start talking to people because it’s sad and I hope we can continue to move forward as a society because it’s not going to change overnight and we need to continue to learn how to treat people with respect.”’
‘True competitor’ Mittelstadt expected to return Tuesday in Ottawa
‘”He was extremely vocal 6-on-5,” Granato said. “He did not like when we failed to execute, and he let it be known when he came back to the bench. … First game back at that point, but again his standard is he will not accept lack of success, and that’s what we need.”‘
Tuesday’s Rochester Coverage
Amerks trio making most of opportunity in Rochester (Amerks.com)