‘“Our self-belief and confidence can’t waver on a night-to-night basis,” said Sabres center Tage Thompson. “That’s one of the things we learned through the course of last season, where we let one turn into two and three, and you think you’re out of it. You’re really not, though. It’s a long season. It’s 82 games. We’re going to get everyone’s best. Nobody’s going to underestimate us anymore, and that’s a challenge that we need to be excited for.”’