Ryan O’Reilly’s Injury Should Spell Doom For The Buffalo Sabres – In A Good Way!

Ryan O’Reilly’s Injury Should Spell Doom For The Buffalo Sabres – In A Good Way! by Richard Spalding

Sabres recall forward from Amerks

The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Cal O’Reilly from the AHL’s Rochester Americans, to join the team on its western road trip with his brother, Ryan O’Reilly, out for 3-4 weeks.

O’Reilly has registered 28 points in 44 games with the Rochester Americans this season, including six goals and 22 assists.

He’s also appeared in five games with the Buffalo Sabres, notching one assist in that time.

Overall, the elder O’Reilly has 118 games of NHL experience under his belt, played with Nashville, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Buffalo.

O’Reilly was originally drafted by the Nasvhille Predators with the 150th overall selection in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

The Toronto native played a few seasons in the OHL with the Windsor Spitfires before joining the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals.

He split his time between Milwaukee and Nashville between 2006 and 2011.

O’Reilly then joined the Phoenix Coyotes, where he spent 22 games in the 2011-12season, also spending a bit of time in Portland, before spending additional parts of that season with the Pittsburgh Penguins and their AHL club.

O’Reilly went overseas to play for Magnitogorsk Metallurg for parts of the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

He came back to North America and joined the Utica Comets for the next two seasons.

In his last season in Utica, O’Reilly put up 61 points, including 51 assists, in 76 regular season games. He also added 19 points in 23 playoff games.

O’Reilly certainly deserves the recall (though perhaps not as much as William Carrier, who also deserves a look – but more on that later).

The Buffalo Sabres close out the month of February with a three-game road trip that begins Wednesday night in Anaheim.

The Buffalo Sabres then visit the San Jose Sharks on Friday before taking on the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. They’ll return home to host the Edmonton Oilers on March 1.

With his younger brother out for several weeks, this could be a good chance for Cal O’Reilly to show the Buffalo Sabres what he’s got.