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Vanek out; Rechlicz up

 Sabres winger Thomas Vanek, who suffered an upper-body injury in Tuesday's 6-2 win over Detroit, will not play tonight. He will likely return either tomorrow against Atlanta or at the latest during the Sabres Florida road trip next week.

Here's what Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff had to say about facing former Sabres goaltender Dwayne Roloson tonight:

"We had them both [Roloson...

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