Samuelsson Digs Into The Dark Days Behind His Breakout

Mattias Samuelsson is opening up about the mental grind that sat behind his breakout season, and that part of the story matters just as much as the numbers on the stat sheet. The Sabres defenseman’s rise did not happen in a straight line, and the article digs into the rough patches that tested him before the payoff arrived. That is the kind of behind-the-scenes struggle teams talk about in whispers until a player finally turns the corner, and now Samuelsson is telling it in his own words.