By Budd Bailey Danny Gare of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 1974 The next pick: Montreal took Gary MacGregor at No. 30, but couldn’t sign him. He landed…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 29
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 31
By Budd Bailey John Tucker of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 1983 The next pick: Yves Heroux is in an odd club. He is in the ranks of…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 33
By Budd Bailey Bill Hajt of the Sabres Taken in Round 3 in 1971 The next pick: The Kings took Vic Venasky from the University of Denver. The center played…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 35
By Budd Bailey Jason Dawe of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 1991 The next pick: Center Jeff Nelson (Capitals) was a classic tweener – a very good minor…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 38
By Budd Bailey Hannu Virta of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 1981 The next pick: Dean Kennedy played defense with a number of teams starting with the Kings….
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 43
By Budd Bailey Curtis Brown of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 1994 The next pick: Jose Theodore of the Canadiens went on to win the Hart Trophy as…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 44
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…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 47
By Budd Bailey Bob Corkum of the Sabres Taken in Round 3 in 1986 The next pick: Defenseman Sean Borland, a Maple Leafs selection, never played a game in the…
The Sabres start over, again
By Budd Bailey It was something of a sad weekend for the Buffalo Sabres. That’s nothing new, of course. They’ve had a lot of them during the past 10 years,…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 49
By Budd Bailey Rob McClanahan of the Sabres Taken in Round 3 in 1978 The next pick: Defenseman Glen Cochrane was a much different player than McClanahan. The Flyers’ selection…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 55
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Jason Pominville of the Sabres Taken in Round 2 in 2001 Other picks in that round: No one else in that round played…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 56
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Sean McKenna of the Sabres Taken in Round 3 in 1980 Other picks in that round: Eleven players in this group reached 100…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 60
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Ray Sheppard of the Sabres Taken in Round 3 in 1984 Other picks in that round: The standout of the group was Canadiens’…
The pros and cons of Granato
By Budd Bailey Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams no doubt has been reminded of the most obvious and the most relevant principle in professional sports in the past couple…
