Sabres Lose Rasmus Dahlin to Upper-Body Injury in Tight Game Against Panthers
The just cannot have nice things. Right in the middle of a tight Monday matchup against the Florida Panthers, franchise cornerstone headed down the tunnel with an upper-body injury and did not return.
Daily Faceoff reported the exit while the game was locked in a 3-3 dogfight. Losing your number one defenseman in a tie game against a heavy Florida squad is the hockey equivalent of trying to change a tire while the car is still moving on the highway.
was already reeling before this puck even dropped. They just got outscored 8-1 over their last two games, dropping ugly contests to the and Utah Hockey Club. The vibes were already teetering on the edge of a cliff, and now their defensive anchor is dealing with an unspecified upper-body issue.
If you were holding a points prop for this afternoon, you are officially staring at a dead ticket. But the bigger issue is what this means for the Sabres' blue line going forward.
You do not just replace a guy who eats massive minutes and runs the top power-play unit by shuffling the pairings and hoping for the best. The entire structure of 's transition game relies on being on the ice to break the puck out cleanly.
The timing could not possibly be worse for a team desperate to find a rhythm. has to pack up and head straight to to play the tomorrow night on the second half of a back-to-back. If is not on that flight, expect the betting markets to heavily downgrade the ' chances of keeping the puck out of their own net.