The defenseman has been a bright spot in an up-and-down start to the season for the rest of the team.
Fans of the Buffalo Sabres have already experienced a roller coaster of a season with no end in sight. They have had flashes of being a team that could make a playoff push and then playing a stretch of doing the exact opposite.
That is the same for players on the ice. One, however, that has started stronger is defenseman Mattias Samuelsson.