That's what a "good room" looks and feels like for the Sabres. "Sometimes," Samuelsson says, "it honestly feels like a college team."
This open environment is shaped by time spent away from the rink - team dinners, golf outings, Xbox battles, NFL and UFC watch parties, shopping trips, and card games - plus the fact the Sabres' roster is the youngest in the league. "They know you're just looking out for them, and you're trying to do what's best for the team." Joe Hrycych / Getty Images "You can also tell someone to get their head out of their ass, and they're not going to get mad at you for it," the blue-liner adds. "I can chirp him just as much as I chirp anybody else," Samuelsson says of "Thommer." Yes, that includes 41-year-old goalie Craig Anderson, respected captain Okposo, and star forward Tage Thompson. Everybody kind of gives it to everybody," Samuelsson says. He committed to the Sabres through 2029-30 partly because he feels strongly about the core's abilities on the ice and its makeup off it. Samuelsson, 23, signed a seven-year contract extension on the eve of the season. "All the stats, stick curves, tape jobs … " All of them "know every detail about everything" to do with hockey and the NHL, Samuelsson explains.
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