1.Quinn, 21, was the AHL's Rookie of the Year last season after tallying 26 goals and 61 points in just 45 contests with Rochester. He played a pair of NHL games in January, tallying a goal and an assist.
Granato was asked what Quinn could add to the Sabres this season should he make the team out of training camp.
"Clutch," Granato said. "He's a clutch player. He's one of those players that, when games are on the line and pressure mounts, he embraces that. He wants the puck on his stick."
2. Granato said the early portion of camp is less about evaluating players and more about getting them into game shape. To that end, playing the full 60 minutes was valuable for Luukkonen.
The two teams also opted to hold a shootout, during which Luukkonen stopped six of seven attempts to earn the win. (Lukas Rousek scored the winning goal for the Sabres.)
"I thought that Upie pushed hard and focused hard through the whole game," Granato said. "He looked great in the shootout. His conditioning, he looked strong from a conditioning standpoint."
3. The Sabres went heavy on youth for the preseason opener. The forward group alone included seven players under the age of 22 in forwards Cozens, Quinn, Kozak, JJ Peterka, Jiri Kulich, Peyton Krebs, and Matt Savoie.
4. Cozens, still only 21 but entering his third NHL season, has looked the part of a veteran through the summer and in the early stages of training camp. He made it a point to visit Buffalo and spend time with the prospects during development camp in July. On Saturday, he scored while centering a pair of prospects in Aleksandr Kisakov and JJ Peterka during the team's intrasquad scrimmage.
Cozens was rewarded with an "A" as an alternate captain of the Sabres' young group on Sunday. Casey Fitzgerald also served as an alternate captain.
"We have so many great leaders in our group and guys that are potential future captains, have captain potential attitude, and Dylan is obviously one of them," Granato said. "I don't think it's a secret to anybody that watches our games."
5. Cozens led the Sabres with five shots, including one from the inner edge of the right faceoff circle for his power-play goal during the second period.
Cozens spoke Saturday about the shot mentality he brought to the IIHF World Championship last May and the confidence it gave him going into the summer. Read more on that here.
6. Kozak, a seventh-round pick last summer, led all players at the Prospects Challenge with four goals in three games.
He continued to show a scoring touch when the opportunity arose Sunday. Riley Sheahan carried the puck into the offensive zone and found Kozak as the trailing man on the rush. Kozak scored bar-down.
