from Paul Hamilton of WGR, 550

When the Sabres came to training camp they had so many new players.

Jack Eichel, Ryan O’Reilly, Evander Kane, Jamie McGinn, Robin Lehner, Chad Johnson, Carlo Colaiacovo, Cody Franson and David Legwand had never played a game together.

You can never tell how long it will take, but the Sabres have won four out of five and five out of seven games. Dan Bylsma said, “I think there was a lot of newness in a lot of places not just players, but when you’re looking at nine new roster players and a new coach, it’s not just getting used to each other, it’s getting used to how we’re going to play and how we need to play and I think you’re starting to see that.”

Cody Franson is somebody that I’ve noticed in the offensive end. He seems to be making better plays with the puck because he has a sense of where his teammates are going to be. Franson said, “At the start of the year we were a unit that had never played together, so we needed a little bit of time to get to the point where everything is just a reaction and not having to think as much.”

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