McCabe out remainder of season for Sabres with knee injuries

Jake McCabe will be out the remainder of the season for the Buffalo Sabres after the defenseman sustained injuries in his right knee to the ACL, MCL and meniscus.

The expected recovery time is 6-8 months.
"Although it's been an extremely difficult few days, I have been overwhelmed with the amount of support and well wishes from my family, friends, Buffalo Sabres] organization and the Buffalo community," McCabe said in a tweet Tuesday. "I greatly appreciate it and I know my best hockey is yet to come."
McCabe had an MRI on Sunday after he was injured in a 3-2 win at the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. He was favoring his right leg when he left the game at 8:57 of the third period after attempting to check Devils center Nico Hischier.
"I had tears two nights ago already," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said before a 3-2 loss at the New York Islanders on Monday. "It was pretty clear on the doctor's first assessment we were dealing with a really serious setback. The confirmation just underlines the pain that we feel for the person, first and foremost, and then the player that we've lost for the season. It's an amazing setback in addition to what the group's gone through after COVID. He was part of the COVID package. Is this connected to COVID or not connected? We'll never know. We could philosophically look at this forever. It's just another shot, but we have a group of character and everybody needs to step up and help to fill the big hole that [McCabe