Boston Bruins’ Ullmark Can’t Resist Taking Dig At Buffalo

It’s a long-running joke that many Buffalo Sabres players act like they’ve been freed from hockey prison when they get traded away from the perpetually struggling organization or escape via free agency from the snowy upstate New York locale, and Boston Bruins players relocated from Buffalo are really no different.

Taylor Hall played like a man possessed when he was first traded from the Sabres over to the Black and Gold a couple of years ago, and even Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark couldn’t resist taking a shot at his former Buffalo Sabres home along with snowy, cold outposts like Winnipeg and Minnesota as well. The Boston Bruins just finished a five-game road trip last week that took them through Detroit, Chicago, Winnipeg, Minnesota and Buffalo, and Ullmark didn’t sound like he did any sightseeing tours at one of those wintry destinations after stopping 40 shots in a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Tuesday night.

“It’s the same thing. We had a long road trip and we didn’t go through the best places on Earth,” said a smirking Ullmark to NESN during some postgame comments. “So we didn’t really play the way we wanted in those first two games and we were in a little bit of a slump, I would say. But it was the same thing there. We got together and rallied the troops and had a couple of good laughs and we had three good wins before we got back here to play in front of the fans.”