‘During the ten-year period from 1992 to 2001, the Senators’ first round picks were Alexei Yashin, Alexander Daigle, Radek Bonk, Bryan Berard, Chris Phillips, Marian Hossa, Mathieu Chouinard, Martin Havlat, Anton Volchenkov and Jason Spezza. During those same years, the Sabres’ first round picks were David Cooper, Wayne Primeau, Jay McKee, Martin Biron, Erik Rasmussen, Mika Noronen, Dmitri Kalinan, Barrett Heisten, Artem Kryukov, and Jiri Novotny. It is no wonder that the Sabres lag behind the Senators in the standings.’