‘”His group and ours have obviously continued our dialogue,” Botterill told reporters in Tampa, where the Sabres will play the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; SUN, MSG-B, NHL.TV). “We haven’t done play-by-play in the media just because that’s the way we wanted to go about things. Both sides continue to work to try and find a resolution.”‘