‘”I’m excited for him because he’s done so well in the American Hockey League that there’s a lot of things in the American Hockey League that are just easy for him now after gaining experience a year ago and building on it,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “And I think he’s ready for this next new challenge, the timing’s right for him. Again, he’s producing at a rate he certainly wasn’t a year ago, and it’s gotten a lot easier for him there. And it’s still work for him, but it’s gotten a lot easier. Obviously his statistics prove that.”‘