Fact: the Buffalo Sabres have a gaping hole on the left side of its defensive corps.
Fact: the Buffalo Sabres currently hold the 8th pick in the upcoming 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
Fact: there are three left-handed blueliners in this year’s crop of talent that are projected to go in the top ten of the draft.
Given all of those facts, it makes sense that the Buffalo Sabres would be looking at the 2016 NHL Draft as the means of filling its biggest hole on the roster, right?
Well . . . .
It is undeniably convenient that Mikhail Sergachecv, Jakob Chychrun, and Olli Juolevi are all left-handed defensemen who are projected to be top-ten talents in this year’s pool of prospects.