Before the Sabres took the ice for practice on Thursday, they whittled their training camp roster down to 32 players. Rasmus Asplund, Victor Olofsson, Will Borgen, Taylor Fedun and Scott Wedgewood were sent to Rochester ahead of the Amerks' game at Harborcenter on Thursday night.
One name that wasn't on that list: Lawrence Pilut. The rookie defenseman has managed to stick around with one preseason game remaining, against the New York Islanders in Oshawa, Ont. on Friday.
"I'm just trying to play my game," he said. "Being the defenseman that I am, the two-way guy with … offensive qualities, I feel like I'm trying to develop my game every day and I feel like that's going good so far."
Pilut continuing to push for roster spot as regular season nears
Eichel, Ristolainen among absentees from practice