‘When you look through the history of the NHL Draft, the 13th overall pick hasn’t produced many great players. Adams said when he got Benson, he saw better skill than what usually pops up at 13, “You’ve heard me talk about projection and we felt like this player has the upside that often you don’t get at that spot in the draft, so the way the list was falling, we started to get pretty excited that this player my be there for us.”’
Kevyn Adams tried to get the Sabres back into the first round of the draft
Source: WGR-AM