Bill Hoppe: Sabres GM Jason Botterill on the Ryan O’Reilly trade rumors:
“You have a ton of rumors right now on Ryan and I think a lot of them are very creative,” Botterill said. I would just say, from Day One, we’ve been very happy with Ryan being a part of our group and we’ve said before that it’s no surprise that teams are calling (on) him. He has a great reputation throughout the National Hockey League and especially (with) what he’s accomplished in international hockey. So I understand why people call on it, but the validity of a lot of the rumors are simply untrue.