BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams listed Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen as day to day on Wednesday in announcing the starting goalie will miss the opening of training camp because of a lower-body injury.
Adams did not reveal the exact nature of the injury except to say Luukkonen began experiencing pain and having difficulty pushing off on his pads in preparing for camp, which opens Thursday. He said medical tests came back clean and there’s been no discussion of the sixth-year player requiring surgery.
In other injury news, Adams said hard-hitting forward Jordan Greenway will likely miss all of training camp after requiring a second operation to repair a mid-body core injury that led to him missing the final three weeks of last season. Forward Alex Tuch was listed as day t