The NHL Draft is now just over a month away, and we continue our series in reflecting back on past drafts and seeing how some of those players have panned out for their respective teams, particularly the Buffalo Sabres.
Today, we go back nine years, to the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2006 NHL Entry Draft was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, hosted by the Vancouver Canucks. It was back in the day when all seven rounds of the draft took place on the same day – in this case, June 24, 2006.
With the first overall selection, the St.