'"To be honest with you, I never thought at the beginning of my career in Buffalo I would actually achieve 500 goals," said Turgeon, who admitted to a simpler goal. "Just to survive. You're first overall with Buffalo, and there's a lot of pressure and expectations, too. . . . I was very young and I could barely speak English, but they were very nice, nice people. You look back now, 18 years later, and it's amazing how fast things go. My first couple years were very, very enjoyable with Buffalo."'