Sabres Ristolainen: 'You Can't Lose Your Sh*t'

The Buffalo Sabres have become a punchline in the NHL and headlines have surrounded the team this season for all the wrong reasons. Their recent 10-game losing streak has everyone amongst the team frustrated including defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen.

While he's pissed they aren't winning, he would like to remind everyone via The Athletic's John Vogl, to stay composed:

When it's your eighth year and it's been almost identical to the years in the past, at least I have thick skin. I know how to handle it. You've got to keep your confidence up and you've got to still work hard. You can't lose your shit after a few losses. One way or the other, we need to get going. I feel like we need one win and we relieve the pressure in the team, and then maybe we can put some more wins together.

The 26-year-old defenseman and former 8th overall pick of the Sabres has recorded three goals and eight points in 19 games so far this season and not surpringsly is a -10.

'Risto' has this season and next left on his contract, after that is anyone's guess at this point.

Rasmus Ristolainen on the Sabres' 10-game winless streak: "Personally, when it's your 8th year and it's been almost identical, similar, to the years in the past, at least I have a very thick skin. I know how to handle it."
— Lance Lysowski (@LLysowski) March 15, 2021