Buffalo Sabres select defenceman Rasmus Dahlin 1st overall in NHL draft
DALLAS — The draft has become one of the most highly-anticipated days on the NHL calendar in the league’s salary cap era.
Unlike the trade deadline and the start of free agency, teams have often made big splashes with deals involving star players or high picks.
That didn’t happen Friday night.
The Buffalo Sabres did the expected by selecting Swedish defenceman Rasmus Dahlin with the No. 1 pick, but none of the trade chatter on the floor of American Airlines Center ever metastasized into a blockbuster deal.