Just three days before the season opener,
Zach Bogosian and
Jake McCabe are sidelined. The Sabres still have nine defensemen in training camp, a number that might shrink in the coming days.
So, could the Sabres potentially have the defense corps they envisioned all summer together for Thursday’s tilt against the Montreal Canadiens?
Bogosian, who left Friday’s preseason finale with a lower-body injury, is day-to-day, Sabres coach Phil Housley said. He also said Bogosian’s injury isn’t as serious as the Sabres first believed and they’ll know more today.
“He seems to be in a good spot,” Housley said Sunday inside HarborCenter.
Meanwhile, McCabe, who’s week-to-week with an upper-body injury, is “making great progress,” said Housley, who hasn’t ruled the American out of the opener.
The Sabres have also been careful with
defenseman Marco Scandella, who missed all six exhibition contests following offseason hip surgery.
Still, Scandella has been practicing most days.
“Marco’s improving, made great strides,” Housley said. “That was a tough practice today. He pushed it to the limit.”
Those defenders, Housley noted, are “in a good spot.”