‘The Sabres drafted both Grigorenko and Girgensons ahead of notables such as Washington’s Tom Wilson (No. 16), San Jose’s Tomas Hertl (17), Carolina’s Teuvo Teravainen (18), Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (19) and defensemen Olli Maatta of Chicago (22) and Brady Skeji of the New York Rangers (28).’
NHL rules contract invalid after former Sabres No. 1 pick Mikhail Grigorenko signs with Columbus
Source: Buffalo News