Last month, the Buffalo Sabres announced that veteran defenseman, Zach Bogosian would require hip surgery for the second time in as many years. The procedure holds a four-to-six month window for recovery, which means that he will likely sit in the press box for at least another month, once the 2019-20 season begins. Following a season where the 28-year-old appeared in 65 games for the blue-and-gold (his highest total since the 2011-12 season), the announcement came as a bit of a letdown.
The bad news on the blue line got even worse yesterday when the team announced that promising young defenseman, Lawrence Pilut would also undergo offseason surgery (shoulder) that would keep him off the ice for five-to-six months.