Last month when I talked about a few of the things that have actually gone right for the Buffalo Sabres this season, I failed to include one player in particular and it’s time to correct that.
BUFFALO – The Sabres mostly utilize defenseman Henri Jokiharju in a defensive role, meaning other than occasionally quarterbacking the second power-play unit, he rarely gets to display his offensive talent.
Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power have performed as-advertised for the Buffalo Sabres, but let’s not forget about the upstart Henri Jokiharju. So far this season, Buffalo Sabres blueliners Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power have 11 and eight points, respectively, and they’re tied with the most ice time among skaters.
Funny game, hockey. Buffalo Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen had his way with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Last night, he started his second straight game on home ice against the same team.
In 2022-23, we weren’t sure what to make of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju, but so far in the 2023 preseason, the blueliner has stepped up. Buffalo Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju looked like one of the potential odd men out when the Blue and Gold signed Erik Johnson and Connor Clifton.
The Buffalo Sabres have a logjam at the blue line, with four players vying for the sixth, seventh, and potentially eighth spot in the rotation. The Buffalo Sabres can’t keep every defenseman on their roster.
Even though the Buffalo Sabres signed some much-needed defensemen as the offseason started, they now face a problem: having too many of them.
Henri Jokiharju has had it tough over the past year, and he is now a fringe member of the third pairing in the Buffalo Sabres defensive rotation. Henri
Henri Jokiharju hasn’t had the easiest go of it since the Buffalo Sabres acquired him from the Chicago Blackhawks in July 2019. His career has taken off, and he’s become an important piece of the puzzle, but he’s also struggled heavily with injuries, and that trend continued this season.
He left the game after logging just 2:43 of ice time a registering a single shot. The former first-round pick will finish the season with 13 points in 60 games.
The Buffalo Sabres were slacking in the physicality department lately. But you’d have never known it following their big win over Carolina. In a rather scrappy outing, the Buffalo Sabres finished their checks in this one, with Henri Jokiharju in particular laying a few solid hits along with Riley Stillman.
BUFFALO – Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju, sidelined since suffering a lower-body injury on Dec. 9, could play in about a week, coach Don Granato said.
PITTSBURGH – Buffalo Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju suffered a lower-body injury in Friday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Penguins and will be sidelined week to week.
The Sabres have announced four roster moves in advance of Saturday's game against the Penguins.
BUFFALO – Shortly before Wednesday’s practice, Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju was on the KeyBank Center ice skating in a gold jersey and tinted visor.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson will be out for the next few weeks after suffering a lower-body injury.
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The 2021-22 season was Henri Jokiharju’s third in a Buffalo Sabres uniform. Since being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks in the summer of 2019 in exchange for Alexander Nylander (a trash-for-treasure trade on Buffalo’s part), Jokiharju has largely had to find his own way and has endured more than his fair share of growing pains.
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