Player Discussion Which Sabres draft would you say is the worst since 2000

[threeVo]

Boy oh boy are there some doozies to pick from. I still cant believe this franchise didnt fold with how few players we added to the organization during the stretch from 2000-2011.

2000 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000 Entry	15	1	Artem Kryukov	F	Yaroslavl Torpedo [Russia]
2000 Entry	48	2	Gerard Dicaire	D	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
2000 Entry	111	4	Ghyslain Rousseau	G	Baie-Comeau Drakkar [QMJHL]
2000 Entry	149	5	Denis Denisov	D	HC Moscow (Russia)
2000 Entry	213	7	Vasily Bizyayev	F	CSKA Jr. (Russia)
2000 Entry	220	7	Paul Gaustad	C	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	727	89	142	231	778
2000 Entry	258	8	Sean McMorrow	R	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	1	0	0	0	0
2000 Entry	277	9	Ryan Courtney	C	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]

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2002 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002 Entry	11	1	Keith Ballard	D	U. of Minnesota [WCHA]	604	38	137	175	612
2002 Entry	20	1	Daniel Paille	L	Guelph Storm [OHL]	582	85	87	172	135
2002 Entry	76	3	Michael Tessier	L	Acadie-Bathurst Titan [QMJHL]
2002 Entry	82	3	John Adams	D	Boston College [H-East]
2002 Entry	108	4	Jakub Hulva	R	Vitkovice Jr. (Czech)
2002 Entry	121	4	Marty Magers	G	Omaha Lancers [USHL]
2002 Entry	178	6	Maxim Schevjev	C	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
2002 Entry	208	7	Radoslav Hecl	D	Bratislava Slovan [Slovak]	14	0	0	0	2
2002 Entry	241	8	Dennis Wideman	D	London Knights [OHL]	815	99	288	387	503
2002 Entry	271	9	Martin Cizek		Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech)

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2005 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005 Entry	13	1	Marek Zagrapan	C	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
2005 Entry	48	2	Philipp Gogulla	L	Cologne Sharks [DEL]
2005 Entry	87	3	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	Prince Edward Island Rocket [QMJHL]	78	3	15	18	36
2005 Entry	96	4	Chris Butler	D	Sioux City Musketeers [USHL]	407	14	72	86	187
2005 Entry	142	5	Nathan Gerbe	C	U.S. Junior National Team [Intl]	396	58	80	138	172
2005 Entry	182	6	Adam Dennis	G	London Knights [OHL]
2005 Entry	191	6	Vyacheslav Buravchikov	D	Krylia-2 (Russia)
2005 Entry	208	7	Matt Generous	D	New England Jr. Falcons (EJHL)
2005 Entry	227	7	Andrew Orpik	D	Thayer Academy (Mass.)

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2006 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006 Entry	24	1	Dennis Persson	D	Vasteras IK [Swe-1]
2006 Entry	46	2	Jhonas Enroth	G	Sodertalje SK [SEL]	153	0	0	0	2
2006 Entry	57	2	Mike Weber	D	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]	351	9	44	53	437
2006 Entry	117	4	Felix Schutz	C	Saint John Sea Dogs [QMJHL]
2006 Entry	147	5	Alex Biega	D	Salisbury School (Conn. H.S.)	194	4	32	36	96
2006 Entry	207	7	Benjamin Breault	C	Baie-Comeau Drakkar [QMJHL]

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2007 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007 Entry	31	2	T.J. Brennan	D	St. John's Fog Devils [QMJHL]	53	5	8	13	29
2007 Entry	59	2	Drew Schiestel	D	Mississauga IceDogs [OHL]
2007 Entry	89	3	Corey Tropp	R	Sioux Falls Stampede [USHL]	149	6	21	27	133
2007 Entry	139	5	Bradley Eidsness	G	Okotoks Oilers [AJHL]
2007 Entry	147	5	Jean-Simon Allard	C	St. John's Fog Devils [QMJHL]
2007 Entry	179	6	Paul Byron	L	Gatineau Olympiques [QMJHL]	438	86	93	179	125
2007 Entry	187	7	Nick Eno	G	Green Mountain [EJHL]
2007 Entry	209	7	Drew Mackenzie	D	Taft H.S. (Conn.)

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2010 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010 Entry	23	1	Mark Pysyk	D	Edmonton Oil Kings [WHL]	381	14	59	73	112
2010 Entry	68	3	Jerome Leduc	D	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies [QMJHL]
2010 Entry	75	3	Kevin Sundher	C	Chilliwack Bruins [WHL]
2010 Entry	83	3	Matt Mackenzie	D	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
2010 Entry	98	4	Steven Shipley	C	Owen Sound Attack [OHL]
2010 Entry	143	5	Gregg Sutch	R	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors [OHL]
2010 Entry	173	6	Cedrick Henley	L	Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL]
2010 Entry	203	7	Christian Isackson	F	St. Thomas H.S. [Minn.]
2010 Entry	208	7	Riley Boychuk	L	Portland Winterhawks [WHL]

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2011 Entry
Draft	Num.	Round	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2011 Entry	16	1	Joel Armia	R	Assat Pori [SM-liiga]	267	50	48	98	78
2011 Entry	77	3	Daniel Catenacci	C	Soo Greyhounds [OHL]	12	0	0	0	0
2011 Entry	107	4	Colin Jacobs	C	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
2011 Entry	137	5	Alex Lepkowski	D	Barrie Colts [OHL]
2011 Entry	167	6	Nathan Lieuwen	G	Kootenay Ice [WHL]	7	0	0	0	0
2011 Entry	197	7	Brad Navin	F	Waupaca H.S. (Wisc.)

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[SabresFan26]

2000 or 2010

 

[flashsabre]

Some god awful drafts.

 

[dortt]

2000 with 2011 a very close second

 

[Zman5778]

2000. We hit a prayer. Yay.

At least in 2010 we hit our 1st rounder.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

2000 was awful. All of these are awful. The reason we had to suffer was the absolute garbage drafts from 2000-2012.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

2008, while not on here, was pretty awful too. Nothing outside of the first round (other than 1/4 season of Luke Adam).

I wasn't a fan back in 2000, what was with the Russian obsession? Trying to find another Mogilny?

 

[DJN21]

forever a tropp fan even if he got destroyed in that career ending fight. He was gonna be Kaleta 2.0. Was dynamite in Rochester.

P.S this thread is sad an unneeded when things are looking up for us lol.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

2000, and it's not even close for me.

 

[SatanwasaSlovak]

Meh, drafts didn't matter THAT much before the salary cap.

 

[Bendium]

2010 because those players should be 28 and make up our best core players on a playoff team today.

 

[Gabrielor]

2010, easily.

 

[ek93]

Voted 2010, but this organization has been pure shit at drafting for a while so they’re all pretty close behind.

 

[HaNotsri]

Of the most recent drafts 2016 might be able to qualify for a list like this in the future.

 

[paulmm3]

2000 but all of these are awful. Way too much trading away first and second rounders too

 

[FloridaSabresFan]

Proof video scouting and not drafting Russians was a garbage cost saving idea.

 

[Fjordy]

Proof video scouting and not drafting Russians was a garbage cost saving idea.

How dare you say such things about us.

Obviously they chose the wrong Russians.

 

[FloridaSabresFan]

How dare you say such things about us.

Obviously they chose the wrong Russians.

I can't remember what year it was when Regier said they weren't drafting Russians because of the threat from the KHL and video scouting. I think it wasn't until 2004.

Doesn't excuse the previous years though.

 

[Chainshot]

My first impulse upon reading the title was simply the word "yes".

 

[OkimLom]

Meh, drafts didn't matter THAT much before the salary cap.

for a franchise that couldn’t attract any superstars, yeah they did

 

[OkimLom]

1999 was a Ryan Miller selection away from needing to be on this list.

When I look back at those drafts, even the majority of picks we had that did play in the NHL, I’m curious how many would’ve been in the NHL if they weren’t on the Buffalo Sabres

 

[threeVo]

I picked 2010 simply for the fact that we should still have some of those players contributing to our team, or they ended up good enough that we could have traded them for other good players. When you miss so many times you just dont have the assets to acquire good players.

 

[kenfury]

forever a tropp fan even if he got destroyed in that career ending fight. He was gonna be Kaleta 2.0. Was dynamite in Rochester.

P.S this thread is sad an unneeded when things are looking up for us lol.

I loved milkbag but he got caved in on that fight. I also thought DannyCat was going to be a Kris Draper, and Drew Schiestel looked like a real 3-4 D until the knee injury.

There is a reason I am not a pro scout.

 

[Chainshot]

forever a tropp fan even if he got destroyed in that career ending fight. He was gonna be Kaleta 2.0. Was dynamite in Rochester.

P.S this thread is sad an unneeded when things are looking up for us lol.

Which fight is that? Because he's playing for the Gulls in the AHL again this year.

I loved milkbag but he got caved in on that fight. I also thought DannyCat was going to be a Kris Draper, and Drew Schiestel looked like a real 3-4 D until the knee injury.

There is a reason I am not a pro scout.

This remains my all time favorite Tropp moment:

 

[dortt]

Meh, drafts didn't matter THAT much before the salary cap.

Id say they mattered more. Ufa age was over 30. All ufas were washed up