The
2014 NHL entry draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the
Wells Fargo Center in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buffalo finished with the league's worst record, but on April 15, 2014, the Florida Panthers won the draft lottery to jump ahead of the Sabres and secure the first overall pick. ;Draft notes • Winnipeg's second-round pick will go to Buffalo as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent
Matt Moulson and
Cody McCormick to Minnesota, in exchange for
Torrey Mitchell, a second-round pick in
2016 and this pick. • Minnesota's second-round pick will go to Buffalo as the result of trade on April 3, 2013 that sent
Jason Pominville and a fourth-round pick in
2014 to Minnesota, in exchange for
Matt Hackett,
Johan Larsson, a first-round pick in
2013 and this pick. • Buffalo's fourth-round pick will go to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014 that sent
Ilya Bryzgalov to Minnesota, in exchange for this pick. • Buffalo's sixth-round pick will not go to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on December 19, 2013 that sent
Linus Omark to Buffalo in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). Omark did not play enough games for the Sabres, so the pick was never traded. ==References==