Buffalo Sabres fans are no strangers to players leaving the 716 area code and proceeding to live their best hockey life. Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel and Ryan O'Reilly headline the star-studded list, and defenseman Connor Clifton sounds hopeful of following a similar path.
Clifton held his Pittsburgh Penguins introductory press conference on Tuesday, per Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The 30-year-old New Jersey native expressed excitement about the new opportunity and admitted it was a tough two-year stay in Buffalo.
"I feel like I kind of lost myself. And the change of scenery—I got that call that I'm going to be a Pittsburgh Penguin, and I was really excited for the change," he told reporters.