Rasmus Dahlin will take a leave of absence from the Buffalo Sabres and return to Sweden to take care of a personal matter.

"I will say this, he said everything is OK," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Friday of the defenseman. "He's got full support by our team."

Ruff said there's no timetable for Dahlin's return.

Dahlin and his fiancée Carolina shared a lette r on Sept. 19 regarding a "traumatic experience" they had during the offseason.

In the letter, Dahlin said Carolina had major heart failure while the two were vacationing in France early in the summer. She received CPR on multiple occasions and was transferred to a hospital where she was on life support for several weeks before she received a heart transplant while still in France.

"This has undoubtedly been the most challenging

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