LEWISTON — Forget the imposing frame — Tyler Myers’ resume stands out at an event like the Buffalo Sabres development camp, which continued Tuesday at Niagara University’s Dwyer Arena.

While others in camp are hoping to someday reach in a National Hockey League roster, Myers already has a coveted piece of hardware in his trophy case in the form of the league’s rookie of the year honor.

But that hardly fazed the towering defenseman when the team asked him to return to camp, even after a campaign in which he led all Sabres defenders in points, and became a clear cornerstone in the team’s future,

“They asked me to come, and I said OK, I’ll be there,” Myers said. “They bring guys back throughout their rookie contracts and that’s fine with me. I’ll get my skating legs back.”

The biggest question surrounding Myers isn’t if he’ll play this season in Buffalo, but who he’ll play with. With Henrik Tallinder gone to New Jersey via free agency, Myers isn’t sure about his tandem partner come training camp. If he has any ideas who it might be, he didn’t tip his hand at Dwyer.

"I haven’t gotten any feedback yet,” Myers said. “Whoever I’m matched up with, I’m looking forward to it. But everybody on the back is a good player.”

When Myers left development camp last year, some started believing he could stick on the team’s opening day roster, but few believed he’d blossom into one of the league’s top rearguards.

After scoring 11 goals and adding 37 assists in a scintillating rookie campaign, though, Myers saw his season culminate in Las Vegas as the league’s top rookie. He said the biggest surprise of the NHL Awards Show was seeing Mark Wahlberg backstage, an experience he called “pretty interesting.”

It’s been a long, grueling road since then with the IIHF World Championships to follow.

Even Myers admits the year was trying.

“I was pretty tired. I was in Kelowna and I took some time off,” he said. “I’m feeling pretty good right now. I’ve been working with my trainer and I’m ready.”

And as for losing Tallinder, with whom he looked so comfortable playing let season?

“It hurt a little bit. But at the same time, I know it’s a business. I wish him all the best,” Myers said. “But I’m gonna miss him, seeing him playing across the ice. It was fun playing with him this past year. He did a lot more for me than he knows.”