‘”Look we’ve understood the passion of our fans here in Buffalo. We understand that this is a strong hockey market and when we’ve performed well they’ve certainly supported us… and I think we understand the difficulty that it is to compete in the National Hockey League day in and day out. You see it in our home record this year I think we wound up being eighth. I think for us to make another step that would be into the playoff mix. I think it’s going to be imperative that we find more scorers within our group here… and have the development of young players such as Casey Mittelstadt, Tage Thompson, and Dylan Cozens.”‘