‘Any trade rumor involving Buffalo seems to include the big native of Czechia, and word leaked at the deadline in March that Mrtka was going to be the major prize for the St. Louis Blues to send veteran Colton Parayko to Buffalo. But Parayko invoked his no-trade clause to nix the deal and Mrtka stayed put. “With any player, I think that’s the world we live in now,” Amerks coach Michael Leone said this week during development camp at LECOM Harborcenter. “Names are thrown around and you never know what’s true and not true. It’s just a focus. Everybody’s development path is different and you have to focus on your road and what it will take for you to get to the NHL.”’