Luukkonen had a four-game stretch in November that included a relief outing where he went 3-0 with a 1.48 goals-against average and .949 save percentage.
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Dahlin has played 28:07 and 28:59 the last two games, setting a season high for ice time in each case.
Johnson is the only current member of the Sabres with a Stanley Cup title on his résumé. What was it like watching the clock tick away in Game 6 with the Cup in the building waiting to be grabbed?
The only veteran on the Buffalo Sabres who has yet to appear in a preseason game should make it on the ice Friday night when the Sabres close the exhibition schedule in KeyBank Center against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
"There's hysteria from fans, and in some quarters of the media, about going with a Levi-UPL tandem in goal. It's understandable. It's a risk," Mike Harrington writes.
"We've heard all the in-house praise and seen the optimism around town about where the Sabres' rebuild is going. But the last few days have provided the tangible evidence that it's having an impact around the hockey world. Finally," Mike Harrington writes.
In an NHL draft class dominated by skilled forwards, and led by Connor Bedard, questions arise over who and when the first defenseman will be selected when the first round is held in Nashville on Wednesday night. The leading candidate is considered to be Austria's David Reinbacher followed by Sweden's Axel Sandin Pellikka. Whomever it might be, they'll likely have to wait with forwards projected to be taken with the first five picks. If that happens, this would become the first draft since 2003 when a defenseman was selected outside the top five picks.
Cale Makar was impressed when 2021 top pick Owen Power went back to college for another season rather than jump immediately to the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres.