Ryan O’Reilly’s linemate history is pretty spectacular. He’s skated with future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla, Olympians Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene, All-Star Alex Tanguay and No. 1 overall pick Nathan MacKinnon.
He’s in the middle of Evander Kane and Tyler Ennis now, and the Sabres’ top center says those wingers don’t have to take a back seat to anybody.
“It’s just as good as any line I’ve played on before, absolutely,” O’Reilly said Wednesday.
That statement obviously carries some training-camp hyperbole. After all, Buffalo’s trio has played together in just two intrasquad scrimmages and Wednesday’s 5-2 preseason loss to Ottawa.