I picked five random successful teams to see how they stack up around the league (I promise these are the first five teams that popped in my head):
Boston Bruins: 5 (Carlo, Danton Heiden, Ryan Spooner, Matt Benning, Matt, Grzelcyk)
Tampa Bay Lightning: 8 (Cirelli, Point, Erne, Paquette, Kucherov, Palat, Gudas, Panik)
Carolina Hurricanes: 10 (Aho, Foegele, Pesce, Brock McGinn, Slavin, Di Giuseppe, Victor Rask, Faulk, Freddie Anderson, Dumoulin)
Washington Capitals: 6 (Sanford, Stephenson, Carrick, Grubauer, Orlov, Eakin)
Nashville Predators: 7 (Girard, Arvidsson, Sissons, Vesey, Craig Smith, Ekholm, Gabriel Bourque)
So turns out I think the Sabres are so bad at drafting that my mind has been warped so have incredibly low expectations.