It's a big weekend in Buffalo as the Sabres take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in a home-and-home beginning tonight while the Buffalo Bills welcome the Denver Broncos to New Era Field in Orchard Park on Sunday.
The Sabres are still working their way through preseason with Game-3 on tap tonight and a revamped preseason lineup. Four players were sent back to their junior clubs this week: Brandon Hagel (Red Deer Rebels, WHL) Vasily Glotov (Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL) Vojtech Budik (Prince Albert Raiders, WHL) and Austin Osmanski Mississauga Steelheads, OHL.)
One player in particular who wasn't sent down was Cliff Pu (London Knights, OHL.) Pu has been having a very strong camp to go along with an impressive Prospects Challenge Tournament, something that certainly got head coach Phil Housley's attention. "I think he's had a great camp and it started with development camp," Housley said to the media yesterday. "We like his grit, we want to see him in another game hopefully soon in the next two … It's intriguing, trying to see where he can fit in. I think he's had an excellent camp up to this point and he's getting rewarded for it."
Pu looks as if he'll be on the ice tonight as the Sabres travel up the QEW to face off against the Leafs. Here's the projected lineup tonight:
67 Benoit Pouliot - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 25 Seth Griffith
22 Johan Larsson - 10 Jacob Josefson - 13 Nicholas Baptiste
71 Evan Rodrigues - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 52 Stevie Moses
44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 12 Kevin Porter - 59 Cliff Pu
19 Jake McCabe - 5 Matt Tennyson
93 Victor Antipin - 38 Cody Goloubef
41 Justin Falk - 27 Taylor Fedun
35 Linus Ullmark
32 Adam Wilcox
Some notes:
Johan Larsson moves from center to wing on oneline while Zemgus Girgensons moves from wing to center on another as Housley takes a look at what kind of versatility they have.
Seth Griffith and Benoit Pouliot get to ride shotgun on Ryan O'Reilly's wing and Housley put together an intriguing third line as Evan Rodrigues and Stevie Moses are on the wing for Girgensons On defense, Justin Falk and Taylor Fedun, who were a very good pairing last season in Buffalo, are together again.
Linus gets the start in net.
Gametime is 7:30 p.m.
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