How perfect a hockey player is Ryan O'Reilly?

[AustonsNostrils]

Note I didn't say he was the best player! As a Sabres fan I watch this guy's every shift, I've never seen a player like this, he's a machine, doesn't cheat the game for one second of any game he plays in. Best Sabres player since Lafontaine in my opinion.

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[Beville]

He is definitely a very good all rounder... I'd put him up there with the best.

 

[lardneau]

Definitely one of the hardest workers in the league, just relentless. Reminds me of Bergeron and Marchand a bit, just doesn't seem to take a shift off.

 

[varano]

Note I didn't say he was the best player! As a Sabres fan I watch this guy's every shift, I've never seen a player like this, he's a machine, doesn't cheat the game for one second of any game he plays in. Best Sabres player since Lafontaine in my opinion.

Very heavy work ethic. Loves training...Loves drills...Loves hockey. Willing to play any position a team needs.

He's a very well rounded player. He's the Sabres swiss army knife.

 

[Rob Brown]

Good player, hates Tim Hortons.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Good player, hates Tim Hortons.

false, he spends his nights breaking down barriers to get his timbits

 

[Chloraflora]

Yeah there's no real weakness to his game at all. We're lucky to have him that's for sure.

 

[Pi]

Love the player. I bet Avs fans will happily take Gardiner or Kadri now that they have seen what they got for him.

Leafs should have tried hard to get him. You can count on him in every situation.

 

[Balthazar]

I bet Avs fans will happily take Gardiner or Kadri now that they have seen what they got for him.

They were all very young, it's way too early to tell. Zadorov is literally starting his NHL career this year, Grigorenko is playing in the top 6 and Compher will become an NHL player next year. We'll see.

 

[The Abusement Park]

What did us Avs fans tell you? He's a legitimate player, unfortunate he didn't want to stay.

 

[Aladyyn]

He's too selfless

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Best Sabres player since Lafontaine in my opinion.

 

[seafoam]

I wish the Islanders got him back when he got traded. He's worth the money he's getting paid for the most part and would have solidified our special teams units and their secondary scoring.

 

[Balthazar]

I'm afraid that the BUF coach didn't learn when ROR ran out of gas last year. I just looked at his TOI last night and it's nearly 25 minutes, on par with the top pair dmen on both teams.

Now I'm no health specialist but it's an insane amount of minutes for a forward, expecially someone that works his ass off like ROR. Didn't he have back issues just days ago also?

 

[Kale Makar]

He is a really awesome player. Wish the Avs could have kept him, but we couldn't fit his salary. And that's not to say he isn't worth that much, because he is. Just all around is a really solid player.

Also, about his training, there is a video of him and his bro working out one summer, pretty cool to watch.

 

[Montag DP]

He's also good at scoring from behind center ice. Almost as good as David Legwand.

 

[Rob Brown]

false, he spends his nights breaking down barriers to get his timbits

Good point!

 

[goonybird]

You're either perfect or you're not.

He's not. He is a well-rounded and excellent hockey player, though.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Mini-Bergeron. Love him.

 

[TehDoak]

And he has a big bushy beard without going into Burns/Thorton level of crazy prospector beards.

Only thing he's done wrong is mistaking a drive thru and drive in.

 

[perronist]

he's really good. so much skill and anticipation. strong on the puck, controls play, slows the game down. wish the flames' os weren't incompetently delivered by feaster

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

He's a total beauty. I was very, very wrong about him.

 

[GellMann]

But but but buffalo overpaid! He's not worth 7.5 mil! Or something.

 

[cgf]

Love the player. I bet Avs fans will happily take Gardiner or Kadri now that they have seen what they got for him.

Leafs should have tried hard to get him. You can count on him in every situation.

I wouldn't take Gardiner & Kadri over Zadorov alone, nevermind Zadorov & Grigorenko & Compher & a pick that we turned into Greer & Morrison.

 

[AINEC*]

Probably the greatest player to ever play the game if you asked Wayne Gretzky