Draft day is here! Is anyone else excited? Bide your time until 7 p.m. with some reading material:
Sabres Links:
- Are the Sabres and Ducks working on something? WKBW’s Shawn Stepner says yes [Twitter]
- From Auston Matthews to the Sabres plans and what to eat downtown, here is TBN’s comprehensive 2016 NHL Draft preview [The Buffalo News]
- Tired of mock drafts? Well then good news! Here are a few more: [Puck Daddy, Sports Illustrated, The Hockey News]
- Get an inside look at how downtown Buffalo is preparing to host the NHL Draft [Sabres.com]
- Looking back on recent Sabres drafts — the hits, misses and what ifs [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
- Sabres players can’t wait to see what Tim Murray does next [The Buffalo News]
- Dan Bylsma added former Ducks and Capitals assistant Bob Woods to his staff [Sabres.com]
- He may not have been a Calder finalist, but Jack Eichel was named to the NHL’s All-Rookie Team on Wednesday [The Buffalo News]/
Around the League
- Pierre LeBrun breaks down the latest rumblings around the league, including PK Subban rumors and the Flames’ goalie search [ESPN]
- Olli Juolevi, one of the draft’s top defenseman, is not short on confidence [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
- What could have been: Looking back on five NHL expansion cities that fell through [The Hockey News]
- Pros and cons of the NHL expanding to Las Vegas. Can it succeed? [The Guardian]
- The Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers swapped Reto Berra and Rocco Grimaldi [Pro Hockey Talk]/
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— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) June 23, 2016