9th Round Best Selection – 183rd overall in the 1989 Draft – Donald Audette.
10th Round Best Selection – 168th overall in the 1974 draft – Derek Smith
11th Round Best Selection – a line in the sand by the relatively young Buffalo Sabres who had already grown wear of the lengthy draft process of the NHL – with the 183rd selection in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres selected Taro Tsujimoto from Japan. The draft was done via telephone at this point, and Punch Imlach wanted to make a statement.
Taro was stricken from official draft records and the draft selection was vacated, but the Buffalo Sabres still list him as a draft choice. Buffalo has selected good hockey players in the past in the 11th round Uwe Krupp and Scott Nichol both had decent NHL careers, but the icing on the cake goes to Taro.
12th Round Best Selection – 245th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft – Ken Baumgartner.
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