Connor McDavid checks out Buffalo: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Sam Reinhart rotated as the fourth-line centre during the Buffalo Sabres practice on Tuesday. That is not much of harbinger of whether he'll lace up on Wednesday. Meantime, the Kootenay Ice's game vs. Prince Albert is interesting from the perspective that one team is hard up for goals and the other suspended forward Dakota Conroy. (Buffalo News)

Meantime, what about Leon Draisaitl, taken immediately after Reinhart by the Edmonton Oilers? Terry Jones, for one, thinks the 19-year-old forward should stay. (Edmonton Journal)

Loves me some projection about how Vancouver's Alec Baer will do for an encore following his first Western League hat trick. (Vancouver Province)

Will Saskatoon sophomore Cameron Hebig, who has one point in 10 games, break out sooner rather than later? (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

The goal-starved Regina Pats are stuck in a Groundhog Day scenario. (Regina Leader-Post)

Trading Tyler Sandhu to Red Deer and learning Dawson Leedahl is out at least four weeks with a knee injury leaves Everett with the minimum 12 healthy forwards. (Everett Herald)

OHL

Connor McDavid and the Erie Otters will take their road show to Buffalo on Wednesday evening, provided the visiting Niagara IceDogs' team bus does not get stuck at the Peace Bridge. (NHL.com)

Make no mistake, the way the Canadian Hockey League does business with its players must change, writes Steve Clark. (Thoughts From The Broadcast Booth, The Hockey News)

Meantime, a NHL spokesman says the Sabres do not have the option of sending erstwhile London Knights defenceman Nikita Zadorov to the KHL. (Buffalo News, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Basil McRae, long the silent partner for the London Knights, will assume general manager duties now that Mark Hunter has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. By the way, does anyone appreciate that a Knight (Hunter) and a Ranger, Steve Spott, are now working under a Soo Greyhound, Kyle Dubas? (London Free Press)

Oshawa coach D.J. Smith can admit it now about his teams from the previous two seasons: "I think on a lot of nights we won with one or two lines." (durhamregion.com)

Unlike Barney Stinson, people in Belleville don't seem convinced that new is always better when it pertains to an arena that would house the Bulls, writes Colin MacKay. (Belleville Intelligencer, Quinte News)

QMJHL 

Former Halifax Mooseheads standout Jonathan Drouin made his NHL debut for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. (CBC, Montreal Gazette)

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Frederik Gauthier is due to make his season debut for Rimouski after being out for a month.

Only two of the top 10 rookie scorers are, indeed, from Canada. Jamie Tozer explains why you shouldn't worry about that and should go out and rake some leaves. (Station Nation)

New York Rangers-drafted defenceman Ryan Graves still has a couple boxes to check off in his return from shoulder surgery. The Quebec Remparts, obviously, could use him. (Le Soleil)

Today in ahhhhh: Victoriaville captain Tristan Pomerleau has formed a bond with a 14-year-old fan who has muscular dystrophy. (Le Tribune)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.