By Budd Bailey
Jake McCabe of the Sabres
Taken in Round 2 in 2012
The next pick: Goalie Anthony Stolarz is on his third NHL team, Anaheim, after he was drafted by Philadelphia and passed through Edmonton. Anthony has some good minor-league numbers when given a chance.
Other picks in the round: The story of these players hasn’t been written yet, but the list includes Damon Severson of New Jersey, Jordan Martinook of Phoenix, Chris Tierney of San Jose, Colton Sissons of Nashville, and Brock McGinn of Carolina.
The details: McCabe signed with the Sabres in the spring of 2014 after finishing his third season at the University of Wisconsin. After a year with Rochester, Jake has been a regular with the Sabres. He might have been on to his best season in Buffalo in 2020-21 when a severe knee injury ended the year after only 13 games.
Other 44s: Terry Martin was a regular for the Sabres for a couple of years in the late 1970s, but did his best work with Toronto from 1979 to 1984. Terry was an assistant coach for the Sabres in 1996. Luke Adam never could get any traction with the Sabres, playing 52 games in 2011-12 but otherwise mostly staying in the minors. Cyrus Kouandjio was the best high school lineman in the country, and went to Alabama. The Bills took him in 2014, but injuries never let him fulfill his potential.
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