‘"I’m excited," Leopold said by phone. "Right when I found out Buffalo was interested, I talked to Tommy Vanek, gave him a call, and my wife talked to his wife. We talked about the area. I’ve got three kids [6- and 4-year-old girls and a 1-year-old boy], and it’s one of those spots I really don’t know much about, but he filled me in and I was real excited and intrigued after that."’