BUFFALO, N.Y.
— Rasmus Dahlin was so determined to not spend another lengthy offseason working out alone in his native Sweden that the Buffalo defenseman invited his teammates to attend an informal weeklong minicamp and bonding session near the Swiss Alps in July.
They skated and ate together. Boated on Lake Geneva. And they golfed — poorly, goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen joked. “He took charge right away,” forward JJ Peterka said of how Dahlin booked the ice, gym, hotel rooms and organized post-practice outings. “I think Ras really took the next step and took the whole team under his wing.”Buffalo enters the season planning to name a new captain after the title was left vacant once Kyle Okposo was traded to Florida in March.
The Sabres opened training camp under a tight schedule. They played two preseason games in Buffalo before traveling to Europe, where they will play an exhibition game against German pro team Red Bull in Munich on Friday. They then head to the Czech Republic to open the season playing two games against New Jersey in Prague on Oct. 4-5.
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