After finally getting the green light to practice with the Sabres, there was no way Zach Bogosian was going to be late for the noon workout.
“I was here at 8 o’clock,” Bogosian said Friday in First Niagara Center. “I was a little excited.”
It was obvious. The defenseman, who has yet to play this season because of a lower-body injury, was all over the ice. Bogosian took shots at the goaltenders and verbal jabs at his teammates. “Rambunctious” was how coach Dan Bylsma described him.
“It’s nice to be around the guys,” Bogosian said. “It’s different when you’re injured.