Why Konsta Helenius isn't playing for Sabres after call-up from AHL
Some Buffalo fans were hoping for something dramatic here.
Why Konsta Helenius isn't playing for Sabres after call-up from AHL originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Yes, Konsta Helenius was called up from AHL Rochester to the NHL's Buffalo Sabres this week.
But he won't be playing Game 6 on Friday night in Boston against the Bruins. The Sabres will have at least one forward change. Noah Ostlund is out injured, but the expectation is that Josh Norris will return from his own injury to take that spot.
Helenius, though, will just be in the building and watch. MORE: Sidney Crosby is a bad omen for Connor McDavid Why isn't Konsta Helenius playing? Helenius isn't playing because, at least for the moment, he wasn't called up to play.
He was called up with other AHL teammates when Rochester's season ended to add more practice bodies and to learn from the experience. It does seem like Helenius could break through into the lineup if another injury or two occurred, but the Sabres wouldn't be rooting for such a thing to happen anyway. MORE: Sabres' fans show they can handle 'O Canada' with no microphone help The 19-year old Helenius played 63 games this season with the AHL Rochester Americans and just nine with the Sabres.