'The weather: I can't blame anything on anyone individual player after that game. So blaming the weather is an easy cop-out that I'm going to take. The snow falling, the wind blowing and the air turning faces into works of art (see: Sergei Gonchar when he sat on the bench) all made for a horrific set up that the players were all too glad to get out of. But the fans loved it. Because it is Buffalo.'