There are a lot of players on Sabres contracts that need to have one helll of an offseason and one hell of a season for us to make the playoff. The roster has not been improved so it is up to the players to make some progress. On the other hand, our biggest rivals in Atlantic has not improved much either. And it would be surprising if there are more than one wild card team from Metro, most likely there are none. All my hopes are not gone yet.