German-born Utah Mammoth winger J.J. Peterka, who left the dark hole in Buffalo over the summer for the bright lights of Salt Lake City, may be on the same Olympic line with Oiler centre Leon Draisaitl in Italy in February. Article content

“For some reason, we’ve always missed each other when we played in the worlds. I was there and he wasn’t, or the other way around. But it’ll be awesome, being at the Olympics,” said the Munich-born Peterka, who went into Tuesday’s game against Edmonton on Utah’s dynamic, ultra-fast line with Logan Cooley and former Oil Kings winger Dylan Guenther — a line with 31 points in 10 games. Article content Article content

Peterka was dying on the vine with the dysfunctional Sabres, who haven’t been in the playoffs for 14 straight years, but got a lifeline

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