I keep reading roster ideas that involve trading away Ryan O'Reilly. O'Reilly scores goals and produces points. He and many other Sabres were unhappy with another losing season.

If O'Reilly is traded, how do the Sabres replace and upgrade scoring vacated by him?

If O'Reilly remains, how do the Sabres improve?

Please don't trade O'Reilly unless it's a VERY clear win for the Sabres. The guys does everything. Guys like that can't be replaced easily and that's why other teams have interest. BOT's would have to see a young NHL player or a prospect, a high draft pick, and maybe something else on top of that. (If Carolina, Jeff Skinner and a 1st or 2nd rounder and a prospect sounds about right)

How would a 1-1A/2-2B center depth with O'Reilly work for the Sabres? Having three top two line centers on three lines should stimulate point production.

There are not many free agent forwards that can produce better than O'Reilly can available on the market today. Keeping O'Reilly around appears the best option at the present.