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’s player of discussion is defenseman Zach Werenski, the 2015 eighth-overall selection made by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Werenski is just 18 years old – he’ll turn 19 on July 19 – and spent most of this past season playing college hockey with the University of Michigan.