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“Very, very difficult,” Sabres coach Don Granato said Wednesday. “Knowing as a person, his commitment, his character, and he’s playing through it. And it’s not something you want exposed, obviously, because it’s such a competitive environment, so that’s information you don’t want the opponents to have, obviously, for his safety. … It’s a bummer. It is. You just hope for him to feel better every day and improve every day, and that’s in essence what you think of and how you think about it.”
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The Associated Press
BUFFALO Tony Granato can laugh now in recalling how angry he was at his brother Don for giving up goaltending at 15 and switching to forward.
Tony regarded his younger sibling as one of the better goalies he faced, even at three years younger, and worried Don was throwing away his future for not wanting to ride the bench every second game as part of a rotation.
“I basically said, `This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard you say, ” the Wisconsin coach and former NHL player said.
That might have been the last time Tony questioned his brother’s life decisions.
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Another Granato making a case for the family name in Buffalo
By JOHN WAWROWApril 14, 2021 GMT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Tony Granato can laugh now in recalling how angry he was at his brother Don for giving up goaltending at 15 and switching to forward.
Tony regarded his younger sibling as one of the better goalies he faced, even at three years younger, and worried Don was throwing away his future for not wanting to ride the bench every second game as part of a rotation.
“I basically said, `This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard you say,’” the Wisconsin coach and former NHL player said.