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In the 1974 draft Punch Imlach selected Taro Tsujimoto of the Tokyo Katanas using 183rd pick overall. Everyone thought that the Sabres had uncovered a new talent from Japan. So who was this new unknown future superstar? There's two stories on this part of the pick. The first states Imlach picked the name out of the phone book, the second that Tsujimoto was a waiter in a Japanese restaurant that Seymour Knox III had visited the night before. And "Katana" was the Japanese word for a sabre. Regardless of how the name was picked, the pick itself turned out to be a joke played on the other GM's by Imlach. Weeks later Imlach admitted as much and pick was declared null and void by the NHL.
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1970 Expansion Draft
From Trades
1. Norman Farr
2. Gary Edwards
46. Jhonas Enroth
In Selection Order
1. Tom Webster (traded 2 picks later to Detriot for Roger Crozier)
2. Allan Hamilton
3. Donald Marshall
4. Tracy Pratt
5. James Watson
6. Francois Lacombe
7. Philippe Goyette
8. Reginald Fleming
9. Michael McMahon
10. Philip Krake
11. Jean Guy Legace
12. Craig Cameron
13. Chris Evans
14. Douglas Barrie
15. Gerald Meehan
16. Paul Terbenche
Entry Draft
1970
1. Gilbert Perreault 15. Butch Deadmarsh 29. Steve Cuddie
43. Randy Wyrozub 57. Mike Morton 71. Mike Keeler
84. Tim Regan 97. Doug Rombough 107. Luc Nadeau
1971
5. Rick Martin 19. Craig Ramsay 33. Bill Hajt
47. Robert Richer 61. Steve Warr 75. Pierre Duguay
1972
5. Jim Schoenfeld 25. Larry Carriere 37. Jim McMasters
53. Rychard Campeau 69. Gilles Gratton 85. Peter McNab
1973
12. Morris Titanic 28. Jean Landry 44. Andre Deschamps
60. Yvon Dupuis 76. Bob Smulders 92. Neil Korzack
108. Bob Young 124. Tim O'Connell
1974
11. Lee Fogolin 29. Danny Gare 47. Michel Deziel
65. Paul McIntosh 83. Garry Lariviere 101. Dave Given
119. Bernard Noreau 136. Charles Constantin 153. Rick Jodzio
168. Derek Smith 196. Bob Geoffrion
1975
17. Bob Sauve 35. Ken Breitenbach 44. Terry Martin
53. Gary McAdam 71. Greg Neeld 89. Don Edwards
107. Jim Minor 125. Grant Rowe 143. Alex Tidey
159. Andy Whitby 174. Len Moher
1976
33. Joe Kowal 69. Rocky Maze 87. Ron Roscoe
105. Don Lemieux
1977
14. Ric Seiling 32. Ron Areshenkoff 68. Bill Stewart
86. Rich Sirois 104. Wayne Ramsey
1978
13. Larry Playfair 32. Tony McKegney 49. Rob McClanahan
66. Mike Gazdic 82. Randy Ireland 99. Cam MacGregor
116. Dan Eastman 133. Eric Strobel 150. Eugene O'Sullivan
1979
11. Mike Ramsey 32. Lindy Ruff 53. Mark Robinson
55. Jacques Cloutier 74. Gilles Hamel 95. Alan Haworth
116. Rick Knickle 116. Rick Knickle
1980
20. Steve Patrick 41. Mike Moller 56. Sean McKenna
62. Jay North 83. Jim Wiemer 104. Dirk Rueter
125. Daniel Naud 146. Jari Paavola 167. Randy Cunneyworth
188. Dave Beckon 209. John Bader
1981
17. Jiri Dudacek 38. Hannu Virta 59. Jim Aldred
60. Colin Chisholm 80. Jeff Eatough 83. Anders Wikberg
101. Mauri Eivola 122. Ali Butorac 143. Heikke Leime
164. Gates Orlando 185. Venci Sebek 206. Warren Harper
1982
6. Phil Housley 9. Paul Cyr 16. Dave Andreychuk
26. Mike Anderson 30. Jens Johansson 68. Timo Jutila
79. Jeff Hamilton 100. Bob Logan 111. Jeff Parker
121. Jacob Gustavsson 142. Allen Bishop 163. Claude Verret
184. Rob Norman 205. Mike Craig 226. Jim Plankers
1983
5. Tom Barrasso 10. Normand Lacombe 11. Adam Creighton
31. John Tucker 34. Richard Hajdu 74. Daren Puppa
94. Jason Meyer 114. Jim Hofford 134. Christian Ruuttu
154. Don McSween 174. Tim Hoover 194. Mark Ferner
214. Uwe Krupp 234. Marc Hamelin 235. Kermit Salfi
1984
18. Mikael Andersson 39. Doug Trapp 60. Ray Sheppard
81. Bob Halkidis 102. Joe Rampton 123. James Gasseau
144. Darcy Wakaluk 165. Orwar Stambert 206. Brian McKinnon
226. Grant Delcourt 247. Sean Baker
1985
14. Calle Johansson 35. Benoit Hogue 56. Keith Gretzky
77. Dave Moylan 98. Ken Priestlay 119. Joe Reekie
140. Petri Matikainen 161. Trent Kaese 182. Jiri Sejba
203. Boyd Sutton 224. Guy Larose 245. Ken Baumgartner
1986
5. Shawn Anderson 26. Greg Brown 47. Bob Corkum
56. Kevin Kerr 68. Dave Baseggio 89. Larry Rooney
110. Miguel Baldris 131. Mike Hartman 152. Francois Guay
173. Sean Whitham 194. Kenton Rein 215. Troy Arndt
1987
1. Pierre Turgeon 22. Brad Miller 53. Andrew MacVicar
84. John Bradley 85. Dave Pergola 106. Chris Marshall
127. Paul Flanagan 148. Sean Dooley 153. Tim Roberts
169. Grant Tkachuk 190. Ian Herbers 211. David Littman
232. Al MacIsaac
1988
13. Joel Savage 55. Darcy Loewen 76. Keith Carney
89. Alexander Mogilny 97. Rob Ray 106. David DiVita
118. Mike McLaughlin 139. Mike Griffith 160. Dan Ruoho
181. Wade Flaherty 223. Tom Nieman 244. Bobby Wallwork
1989
14. Kevin Haller 56. Scott Thomas 77. Doug MacDonald
98. Ken Sutton 107. Bill Pye 119. Mike Barkley
161. Derek Plante 183. Donald Audette 194. Mark Astley
203. John Nelson 224. Todd Henderson 245. Mike Bavis
1990
14. Brad May 82. Brian McCarthy 97. Richard Smehlik
100. Todd Bojcun 103. Brad Pascall 142. Viktor Gordiouk
166. Milan Nedoma 187. Jason Winch 208. Sylvain Naud
229. Ken Martin 250. Brad Rubachuk
1991
13. Philippe Boucher 35. Jason Dawe 57. Jason Young
72. Peter Ambroziak 101. Steve Shields 123. Sean O'Donnell
124. Brian Holzinger 145. Chris Snell 162. Jiri Kuntos
189. Tony Iob 211. Spencer Meany 233. Mikhail Volkov
255. Michael Smith
1992
11. David Cooper 35. Jozef Cierny 59. Ondrej Steiner
80. Dean Melanson 83. Matthew Barnaby 107. Markus Ketterer
108. Yuri Khmylev 131. Paul Rushforth 179. Dean Tiltgen
203. Todd Simon 227. Rick Kowalsky 251. Chris Clancy
1993
38. Denis Tsygurov 64. Ethan Philpott 116. Richard Safarik
142. Kevin Pozzo 168. Sergei Petrenko 194. Mike Barrie
220. Barrie Moore 246. Chris Davis 272. Scott Nichol
1994
17. Wayne Primeau 43. Curtis Brown 69. Rumun Ndur
121. Sergei Klimentiev 147. Cal Benazic 168. Steve Plouffe
173. Shane Hnidy 176. Steve Webb 199. Bob Westerby
225. Craig Millar 251. Mark Polak 277. Shayne Wright
1995
14. Jay McKee 16. Martin Biron 42. Mark Dutiaume
68. Mathieu Sunderland 94. Matt Davidson 111. Marian Menhart
119. Kevin Popp 123. Daniel Bienvenue 172. Brian Scott
198. Mike Zanutto 224. Rob Skrlac
1996
7. Erik Rasmussen 27. Cory Sarich 33. Darren Van Oene
54. Francois Methot 87. Kurt Walsh 106. Mike Martone
115. Alexei Tezikov 142. Ryan Davis 161. Darren Mortier
222. Scott Buhler
1997
21. Mika Noronen 48. Henrik Tallinder 69. Maxim Afinogenov
75. Jeff Martin 101. Luc Theoret 128. Torrey DiRoberto
156. Brian Campbell 184. Jeremy Adduono 212. Kamil Piros
238. Dylan Kemp
1998
18. Dmitri Kalinin 34. Andrew Peters 47. Norm Milley
50. Jaroslav Kristek 77. Mike Pandolfo 137. Aaron Goldade
164. Ales Kotalik 191. Brad Moran 218. David Moravec
249. Edo Terglav
1999
20. Barrett Heisten 35. Milan Bartovic 55. Doug Janik
64. Michael Zigomanis 73. Tim Preston 117. Karel Mosovsky
138. Ryan Miller 146. Matt Kinch 178. Seneque Hyacinthe
206. Brett DeCecco 235. Brad Self 263. Craig Brunel
2000
15. Artem Kriukov 48. Gerard DiCaire 111. Ghyslain Rousseau
149. Dennis Denisov 213. Vasily Bizyayev 220. Paul Gaustad
258. Sean McMorrow 277. Ryan Courtney
2001
22. Jiri Novotny 32. Derek Roy 50. Chris Thorburn
55. Jason Pominville 155. Michal Vondrka 234. Calle Aslund
247. Tomas Dubec 279. Ryan Jorde
2002
11. Keith Ballard 20. Dan Paille 76. Michael Tessier
82. John Adams 108. Jakub Julva 121. Marty Magers
178. Maxim Sheview 208. Radoslav Hecl 241. Dennis Wideman
271. Martin Cizek
2003
5. Thomas Vanek 65. Branislav Fabry 74. Clarke MacArthur
106. Jan Hejda 114. Denis Ezhov 150. Thomas Morrow
172. Pavel Voroshnin 202. Nathan Paetsch 235. Jeff Weber
266. Louis Phillippe Martin
2004
13. Drew Stafford 43. Michael Funk 71. Andrej Sekera
145. Michal Valent 176. Patrick Kaleta 207. Mark Mancari
241. Mike Card 273. Dylan Hunter
2005
13. Marek Zagrapan 48. Philippe (Philip) Gogulla 87. Marc-Andre Gragnani
96. Chris Butler 142. Nathan Gerbe 182. Adam Dennis
191. Vjateslav Buravchikov 208. Matt Generous 227. Andrew Orpik
2006
24. Dennis Persson 57. Mike Weber 117. Felix Schutz
147. Alex Biega 207. Benjamin Breault
2007
31. TJ Brennan 59. Drew Schiestel 89. Corey Tropp
139. Bradley Eidsness 147. Jean-Simone Allard 179. Paul Byron
187. Nick Eno 209. Drew MacKenzie
 
 

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