By Lance Lysowski
News Sports Reporter
Alex Tuch’s bottom lip quivered as the Buffalo Sabres winger eloquently described the emotions he and his teammates processed in the hours after watching Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapse on the field during Monday Night Football.
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