BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres held a practice Friday and nobody got hurt.
So there’s that.
Is there a dark cloud hanging over this franchise? How else is there to explain two-thirds of the team’s top line already gone, after young franchise player Jack Eichel went down in practice on Wednesday and star winger Evander Kane ended up in the hospital on Thursday night with cracked ribs after a violent collision in the end boards during the team’s season-opening loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
That added to previous injuries during camp to the likes of Dmitry Kulikov and Kyle Okposo, who both also missed the season opener.