‘“Ralph has been a good partner of mine, call it, and in some ways a mentor, honestly, in the bandwidth of his experience,” McDermott said of Krueger. “He’s been in a lot of places and done a lot of things and accomplished a lot over the course of his career, so I try to stay in touch with him and encourage him. I’m not sure I share much that he can use, but he’s certainly shared some things that I’ve been able to use. I think it’s really neat to watch the Sabres players and our players pull for one another and support one another, and that’s as they call One Buffalo, and that’s a unique part and cool part of our city.”’