The Buffalo Sabres are off to a decent start to the 2025-26 season, as they look to break their playoff drought. Despite having young, talented players, they have not made the playoffs since 2011. The Sabres have been without one of those young players, center Josh Norris, since opening night with an upper-body injury . Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff has the latest on his progress.

“I’ve talked to him, he said he’s feeling better,” Ruff said Wednesday, per Bill Hoppe of Buffalo Hockey Beat. “He’s not in that feeling great category yet, but he’s feeling better. And (we) really just want to keep progressing him with no setbacks.” Ruff then said that the center has resumed skating.

The Sabres traded Dylan Cozens to the Ottawa Senators for Norris and more at the 2025 trade deadline. No

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