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‘”In talking to people around the league yesterday, I had a NHL general manager who is potentially interested in trading for Jack Eichel say at the moment he’s untradeable. So you’ve got a guy that’s unhealthy, unhappy, and now potentially untradeable. It’s a pretty ugly triumvirate for the Sabres and the worst-case scenario, I would imagine.”‘

‘Former Sabres defenseman Matt Tennyson, now of the New Jersey Devils, has also been selected by Drury. Former Rochester Americans, and now New York Rangers winger Colin Blackwell is on the squad, as is Los Angeles Kings goalie and Sabres’ 2013 fifth round pick Cal Petersen.’

‘”I want to back up a little bit with what ended up being Jack’s last game of the season. After that, Jack was quickly imaged. Our doctors diagnosed Jack with a herniated disk in his neck, discussed the next steps from there, being conservative care with rehab treatment with the hopes that he would be able to go through that process and return to play this season.’

‘Make no mistake, Adams is very impressed with Granato and his staff with Matt Ellis, Dan Girardi and Mike Bales. He said, “I think Donnie and the coaching staff did a tremendous job under very challenging circumstances. The conversations we had before the decision was made I asked him some tough questions and he delivered on that.”’

‘”We need more accountability here,” Ristolainen said with the Buffalo media. “I understand how the year ended, we had a lot of guys injured and you don’t really have the players. It was hard to sit guys or bench guys because there was really no one to put in the lineup.”‘

‘“Right now I’m looking forward to going home and meet up with my family, enjoy my time with them. After that, we’ll sit down, me, my agent and the team, and start discussing what we want to do with the future.”’

‘“For sure I’ve been a bit upset with the way that things have been handled since I’ve been hurt,” Eichel said during his end-of-season Zoom conference call on Monday. “I’d be lying to say that things have moved smoothly since my injury, so yes, there’s been a bit of a disconnect from the organization and myself. Right now, for me, I think the most important thing is just trying to get healthy, and to figure out a way to be available to play hockey next year, wherever that might be.”‘

‘”Right now, just finishing another season, it’s more just disappointment on the forefront and the mind,” Reinhart said during his end-of-season Zoom conference call. “It’s almost tougher this year for me personally feeling good towards the end of the year, and feeling like my game was in a good place. To not be playing any meaningful games down the stretch and into the playoffs is definitely disappointing right now.”‘

‘Tokarski started the season playing with the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League, where he only appeared in two games, posting a 1-1 record with a 2.51 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage. He would spend most of the first half of the season back-and-forth between the Amerks and Sabres’ taxi squad before earning the full-time promotion to the taxi squad after the trade of goalie Jonas Johansson.’

‘Buffalo trailed on the scoreboard through 40 minutes of play, despite owning a 24-9 shot advantage over Pittsburgh.’