'"It's definitely a tough thing to handle," said Sabres forward Jason Pominville, choking back the tears after Buffalo was eliminated from the Eastern Conference final in overtime by the Ottawa Senators. "It's not too often that you get an opportunity to get this far two years in a row, and this is a great group of guys, but this might be the last time we all get to play together. All I can say is that we battled hard."'