but can you imagine a Myers-Oleksiak duo?
That seems to be the selling point, like some sort of comic-book mish-mash, a fantasy of sorts when the reality is Buffalo has five roster defensemen under the age of 25 (Myers, Sekera, Weber, Butler, Gragnani) and a full stable of blueliners coming down the pipe (McNabb, Pysyk, Schiestel, Brennan, Matt MacKenzie, Gauthier-Leduc, Crawford, Biega, and Persson) that they do not need any defensemen while their pipeline stock in quality pivots is bankrupt as is their high-end scoring forwards. Yes, yes, most of the names aren't flashy or particularly well-known yet that doesn't mean the Sabres don't turn out NHL-level defensemen nor that they are jam-packed with guys at the developmental level to the point that they can and should look to address their bigger weaknesses. They will be looking for scoring forwards, even if they need to move a bit up or down to land the guy they want. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me to see them move up in the third for a guy like Coleman, even as a 19-year old, just to make sure they get another offensive pivot in the system.
There is no point to Oleksiak when there are crumbs at center and barely more than that on the wing.