When looking at the Buffalo pipeline there's one guy that probably most people skip over when looking for the up-and-coming roster.
Mephistopheles Morgonstjärna.
Buffalo has had great success with their defensemen over the years, but the blueprint has always been very defensively-minded with limited offensive upside. Mephi is none of that, he's all offensive shoots from the hip. Smash and grab, steal your girl, and leave her at the altar kinda guy. What he brings to the blue line offensively is more like a 4th forward, he's slick with the puck and has a nasty wrister that he can unleash. He thrives in good defensive systems where he can take lots of risks and depend on the rest of the team to cover for him. If he can polish up his passing game he will thrive in Buffalo. Hopefully they will know how to handle a defensman that's different from the usual.