As the Buffalo Sabres prepare to select eighth-overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, we’re looking back on some of the eighth-overall selections throughout NHL history.
From Rasmus Ristolainen to Peter Mueller, Nikita Alexeev to Alex Burmistrov and everyone in between – the eighth-overall selection can go so many ways.
Today, we look at right winger Devin Setoguchi, selected by the San Jose Sharks in 2005.
At the time of the draft, Setoguchi had just finished his second season with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League.