Krueger has his team buying into his message

Photo by Nicholas T. LoVerde/Getty ImagesWe’re 10 games into the Buffalo Sabres season and they’ve earned 17 of a possible 20 points. They sit atop the NHL standings entering play tonight. Last season taught us that nothing is certain, but as we’ve discussed recently, this season looks different than the streak from last year.

Ralph Krueger got his club to buy into his message right off the bat. We heard players talk about how impressed they were with him over the summer and that continued through training camp.

New Approach

When Krueger was hired, we wondered how much he would try to incorporate strategies from his soccer background with Southampton of the Premier League. So far, we can pick…