With a team trying to get younger, some may have been wondering why the Buffalo Sabres brought back Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo.
Recently, Matthew Morris of The Hockey Writers listed Zemgus Girgensons as the Buffalo Sabres best player of the 2010s. But it wasn’t always because of what Girgensons has done on the ice, even if he has made a name for himself as a solid defensive forward.
Instead, Morris highlighted what the Latvian Locomotive has done for the many Sabres teams he’s played for from a leadership perspective.