Buffalo, NY (WGR Sports Radio 550) - The Buffalo Sabres began their 2025 season campaign last week, with hopes to improve from last season.
They have not gotten of to a great start, the team is winless after three games and have only scored two goals so far this season.
Injuries have been a major concern from the start of the season as Josh Norris is missing at least eight weeks due to an upper body injury. Head coach Lindy Ruff spoke with Jeremy and Joe on the mindset that's needed with the injuries.
"We need more out of the guys that are in the lineup. When the guys in the lineup get their chance, and usually a chance comes when somebody gets injured, you step up in the lineup. It's the chance you've been waiting for. We need guys to grab a hold of that and and take it right now."
It's not only that the Sabres have yet to win a game, but they haven't possessed the lead once this season. Ruff hopes that the adversity the team is currently facing sets them up for success in the future.
"We need to get a win tonight, and then we move on to the next game and get a win, and we know that we're a couple points behind, and through the year, you'll have that five game winning streak, you'll have a couple game losing streak. Let's hope that this adversity we we faced in these first three games with no offense and different players on the lineup is what's going to push us through to get into a situation where we can run seven, eight games together and make up for the two points that we've given up that we need in this first five games."
Faceoff tonight against the Senators is set for 7 o'clock and you can catch all of the action on the radio home of the Buffalo Sabres, WGR Sports Radio 550.
For more of Lindy Ruff's conversation with Jeremy and Joe, listen at the player below: