Sabres notes: Jack Eichel misses first practice
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Buffalo Hockey Beat
Buffalo Sabres coach Ralph Krueger prefaced his update on the statuses of captain Jack Eichel and goalie Linus Ullmark with four words to alleviate any concern. All is under control,” Krueger said on a Zoom call Friday after both players missed the first session of training camp inside KeyBank Center. Shortly before the Sabres’ first practice in almost 10 months, they announced Eichel, their MVP, would be sidelined Friday.
Meanwhile, Ullmark, the No. 1 goalie last season, was quarantining because of an immigration issue.
We are being just cautious in the process, but we expect Jack here in the next couple of days.
There was a stall in the immigration process, but he’s in Buffalo and we need to follow the proper processes.
We expected possible complications, which we had there, but everybody is in a good space and we’re interacting with them and we are communicating with them as we are with anybody,” Krueger said.
Hall, who played for Krueger in 2012-13 and wanted to join him in Buffalo, said he recognized some of the practice drills.
Meanwhile, Ullmark, the No. 1 goalie last season, was quarantining because of an immigration issue.
We are being just cautious in the process, but we expect Jack here in the next couple of days.
There was a stall in the immigration process, but he’s in Buffalo and we need to follow the proper processes.
We expected possible complications, which we had there, but everybody is in a good space and we’re interacting with them and we are communicating with them as we are with anybody,” Krueger said.
Hall, who played for Krueger in 2012-13 and wanted to join him in Buffalo, said he recognized some of the practice drills.