‘“I think this year is going to be a big year for him,” said Kelly Guard, Ratzlaff’s offseason goalie coach who worked with the Sabres prospect at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. “He’s going to carry a lot of the mail with Seattle … but I think we’re going to see some good stuff from him coming up. When you can string together four or five games in a row, you can really get into rhythm. He was one of the top guys in the league when Milic was up at the national junior team, so he can do it. … It says a lot about a guy’s character when he can step in like that and find his groove.”’