‘“The best way to characterize it is speculation is what it is. Chatter is what it is. I think (Sabres owner) Terry (Pegula) and (Sabres team president) Ted Black have done a good job getting themselves focused on the Buffalo business. I’ve got a three-year deal and that’s what we have and that’s what we stand behind. We will just have to continue to do our business on what we now know.”’