‘“I think we’ve all kind of decided that it’s best to just try to get some wins here,” Bartlett said. “ … Alex is a leader on that team, both play-wise and kind of in the room. He wants to focus on that, not have it a distraction. So, we’ve wanted to just kind of let everyone know, we’re just going to put this on the back burner for a little bit. It doesn’t mean that we’re closing the door to signing, doesn’t mean anything. It just means that for the time period, he’s got to try to help the Buffalo Sabres win games.”‘