‘Laaksonen was taken at No. 89 overall in the draft in Chicago, the first for Jason Botterill as Sabres GM. He has attended the last three summer development camps and hit town last June coming off a gold medal in the World Junior Championships while playing with fellow Sabres prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. He has grown and put on weight after being selected and the Sabres now have him listed at 6-1 and 181 pounds. He was listed at 153 when he was drafted.’