Complete coverage: Buffalo Sabres' picks in NHL draft
The Sabres selected Zach Benson with the 13th pick in the NHL draft. And Hamburg's Quentin Musty was drafted 26th by San Jose Sharks. Here's complete coverage of the draft.
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The Buffalo Sabres selected Winnipeg Ice winger Zach Benson with the 13th pick in the NHL draft.
"The Sabres want talent. Sure, they want size. But talent trumps it," Mike Harrington writes.
Here are five things to know about the Sabres first pick of the NHL Draft, left wing Zach Benson, selected 13th overall on Wednesday.
Here is some of the early reaction on social media to Benson's selection from Sabres fans.
Hamburg’s Quentin Musty, a forward for the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves, was selected No. 26 overall by the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.
Wahlberg is only 17 years old and listed at 6-foot-3 after a season in which he totaled 14 goals and 27 points in 32 games for Malmo of Sweden's Under-20 league.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Strbak, who is a right shot, had five goals and 13 assists last season in 46 games for Sioux Falls of the United States Hockey League.
Gavin McCarthy joined older brother Case as an NHL draft pick on Thursday.
Here are five things to know about defenseman Maxim Strbak, who was selected 45th overall by the Sabres in the second round of NHL draft on Thursday.
Miedema is 6-4 and 203 pounds. He had nine goals and 12 assists in 32 games this season for Kingston after totaling 25 goals and 44 assists over the previous two seasons for Windsor.
Here are five things to know about the Sabres’ 109th overall pick, left wing Ethan Miedema who was selected in the fourth round of the NHL draft on Thursday.
NASHVILLE – The Sabres used their final pick of the 2023 draft on German defenseman Norwin Panocha.
The Buffalo Sabres departed Nashville following rounds two through seven Thursday with four defensemen, led by Max Strbak in the second round and Clarence’s Gavin McCarthy in the third.
“Great – there are no other words to really describe it,” Musty said. “It was a big relief when I heard my name called.”
It wasn't quite ranch or blue cheese or drums or flats, but close enough to have fans proclaiming that Benson is "one of us."
It’s no secret what the Buffalo Sabres are targeting. General Manager Kevyn Adams and his staff want a defenseman who can play on the first or second pair.
