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Open Thread: Sabres at Senators

An open thread to discuss the goings-on as the Sens take on the Sabres.

Though an injury to Colin Greening and a team suspension to Mikael Wikstrand have dominated recent headlines, there are still pre-season games to be played. Here is tonight's:

Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators, 7 p.m., TV: TSN5

Roster:

Some thoughts:

After a pretty notable last game, Ryan Dzingel is not playing
I'm curious to see who Erik Karlsson plays with. Thomas Chabot looked pretty good on his pairing, but isn't playing this time. I wouldn't be surprised to see Fredrik Claesson get a good shot there.
Ah, the mystery man Eric O'Dell gets his shot. I'm curious to see if either he or Zack Smith stands out this game. O'Dell is on a two-way contract, but he could unseat Smith for that fourth-line centre role
Matt O'Connor has looked sharp so far. Can he keep it up?

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