‘”I think everybody in the organization understands if there’s not playoffs next year for the Buffalo Sabres, it’s going to be ugly. It’s going to be a bloodletting, and a lot of people are going to be loading up the fax machine with pink paper. I think everybody understands that with the Buffalo Sabres organization. There is so much riding on next season, so many careers, so many jobs that are riding on next season, more so than any other team in the NHL.”‘