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‘”It’s interesting how somebody with that much skill and personality is able to adjust in such a short period of time,” Krueger said. “He started camp a little tentative and hesitant. The last few days, we noticed it already in practice, he was opening up a little bit and just playing his game. Tonight, we saw the confirmation of that.”‘

‘”I wouldn’t expect him right off the hop but pretty soon thereafter,” Krueger said when asked if Montour might be ready for opening night. “At the moment, we’re going through camp with his situation. As you well know, it’s upper-body and we’ll work on it.”‘

‘He signed his entry-level contract with Buffalo last October after the team drafted him in the fourth round (94th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft.’

‘”We’ll look for things that confirm what we want to do to get that into the players’ minds, but individually, we’ll be looking at a lot of lessons that we’ve seen here,” Krueger said. “It’s also been excellent for us to evaluate. You get to know the players so much better than in practice [when you’re] standing behind the bench for those two games. We will be spending a day evaluating and then on Thursday, you’ll be seeing some new looks for sure.”‘

‘”We just had a lot of pace,” Krueger said. “We played aggressive, everybody was on their toes, we managed the puck really well and pushed them on their heels. We were in their end most of the time. We had lots of long puck possession, which we were really striving for today.”‘

‘”I think me and Borgs feed well off each other,” he said. “We play similar styles, rugged and physical and we both can skate pretty well. I like our intensity, especially in the D-zone. We talk a lot. I just really love the way he plays, and I feed off his energy.”‘

‘After clearing waivers in October of last season, Lazar – still just 23 – admitted that seeing regular ice time in the minors might be the best course to get his career on track. He spent the year playing in all situations for AHL Stockton, wearing an ‘A’ while tallying 41 points in 57 contests.’

‘”It’s on the ice and off the ice,” forward Evan Rodrigues said. “On the ice, it’s coming up with a five-man unit, having support, knowing where everyone’s going to be and just being there for your teammates.’

‘”The boys are excited to be back,” Dahlin said. “We had a couple of good days here with good speed. Yeah, we’re excited to get things going.”‘

‘Training camp will be held primarily at KeyBank Center, with sessions on Sunday, Sept. 15, Thursday, Sept. 26 and Friday, Sept. 27 open to the public.’