BUFFALO – Right away, Jamie McGinn could hear the excitement in Ryan O’Reilly’s voice. It was June 26, and the two friends had just been traded from the Colorado Avalanche, only they didn’t know they would be joining the Sabres together.
So McGinn and O’Reilly called each other when they learned the full details of the blockbuster deal from television.
The two forwards had grown close over the years, and they knew moving to ... Read the full article