‘Krueger appears to be losing the room, and he’s losing credibility, as evidenced by the latest soap opera surrounding Eichel. The Sabres’ captain seemed to hurt his foot or ankle last Tuesday night when he collided with Devils captain Nico Hischier. He took the warm-up on Thursday night, but he didn’t play. Krueger maintained that Eichel had been injured in the warm-up Thursday night, but Eichel contradicted his coach by saying he was indeed hurt the game prior to that. A coach misleading media members about injuries is nothing new. Coaches have been out-and-out lying about maladies since Jack Adams was in short pants, even though that will thankfully almost certainly become a thing of the past if the NHL and their teams continue to associate themselves with gambling websites. That is really not a big deal, but to be publicly called out on it by the captain, a player who until now seemed to be on Krueger’s side, doesn’t augur well for the man behind the bench.’