‘Peterka said the Sabres aren’t far off from competing on a similar level. “One hundred percent,” he said. “It’s just great to be a part of that team coming up right now. Our goal this year was just to get better every day and then when you look at the standings, I think we missed it by one point, the playoffs. No one would’ve thought we’d come that close. I think team-wise we took a big step. On the other side, we grew some much together. It’s been a good year. It’s so much fun and has been so much fun playing with that young team, meaningful games, right up until the last game of the season. Being a part of that is just unreal because we know how good we are right now and how good we can be as a team. That’s so exciting for, not even us, but the whole city of Buffalo.””