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Ryan O'Reilly has no regrets over Colorado contract negotiations (Puck Daddy)

New Buffalo Sabres center Ryan O’Reilly is done with the questions that plagued his tenure with the Colorado Avalanche – the queries about his contract negotiations, his relationships with teammates are finally over.

He’s now a Sabre, and while he acknowledged he enjoyed his time in Colorado, he understood the stigma that he was a guy who had trouble closing a deal to play with the team.

“I think our negotiations have always been kind of difficult and I really think there’s nothing I would have done differently,” he said. “My agent has done phenomenal things for me in my career and this is the next step for me here.