The already-woeful Sabres are in the midst of an as the NHL trade deadline approaches, but coach Ted Nolan is not about to go quietly into that good night.Easier said than done, considering Buffalo offloaded starting goaltender Jhonas Enroth, defenseman Tyler Myers, forward Drew Stafford and a few prospects in separate deals Wednesday with the Michael Porter Jersey Jets and Stars. Sure, the Sabres picked up a goalie in Anders Lindback and added defenseman Zach Bogosian. But the marquee player they got in return, Evander Kane, seemingly alienated most of Manitoba on his way out and won't play for the Sabres until next season thanks to .MORE: | So Nolan is not exactly in prime position to succeed at anything other than ensuring the team gets one of the top two picks in the draft. But he doesn't want what remains of his team Dikembe Mutombo Jersey to think that way."We're in this thing," Nolan said Thursday, . "We're not going to be like sacrificial lambs to just go out there and get slaughtered. We have to Will Barton Jersey make sure we play together, we protect one another and work together. And that's the only way we're going to have some kind of succe s. I told them the only differencebetween winning and losing most often is not quitting. We've got to continue to work hard and you never know."What Nolan, and everyone else in Buffalo, does know is that it's highly unlikely he'll be around next season to move forward with Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel as the new face of the franchise. All he can do for now, though Devin Harris Jersey , is try to squeeze a few more points out of the team with the ."I know in this job we're judged every day and the only thing I can do is bring what I have to bring every day and I can't bring anything more," Nolan said. "I think our coaching staff has been doing it. We work as hard as we can. Do we make the right decisions all the time? I don't think there's any staff that does that but the intent is there, the effort is there, the enthusiasm is there, the pa sion is Jerami Grant Jersey there so that's all we can do."