‘”Some years are more trying than others and trying in a different sense, too,” said Sabres forward Kyle Okposo. “It’s different when you’re winning. When you’re winning a lot you have to stay sharp all the time and that’s a different kind of grind. When things aren’t going well, you’re trying to get sharp. You’re trying to find a different type of motivation every game and that’s a different kind of grind. The long and the short of it is any time you play an 82-game season it’s a grind mentally. We have to find a way to try and be at our best every night.”‘