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’ll look at Mikkel Boedker, who was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2008 NHL Draft.
Boedker, now 26, is a left-wing native of Brondby, Denmark.
At the time of his NHL draft year, Boedker was playing with the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League.