The Sabres will once again host the NHL draft, though it’s going to look quite a bit different than it did the last time the event rolled through town. 

Despite some rumblings that last year’s decentralized format wasn’t going to last long, teams voted to keep the draft decentralized for at least one more year. That means the version of the draft coming through Buffalo will be a much different affair than we saw in 2016. There won’t be rows of team tables packed with scouts and executives filling the arena floor. In fact, the event may not even be held at KeyBank Center.

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