Buffalo Sabres select five players on day two of 2015 NHL Draft

The Buffalo Sabres followed up a busy first day of the 2015 NHL Draft by retaining all of the team's second-day picks and selecting five prospects Saturday. On the second day of the draft, Buffalo added one forward and four defensemen to its day-one selection of forward Jack Eichel to wrap up the 2015 NHL Draft.

The Sabres began the day by selecting defenseman Brendan Guhle in the second round with the 51st overall pick. A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Guhle (age 17, 6'2", 184 pounds) finished his second WHL season with the Prince Albert Raiders in 2014-15 with 32 points (5 goals, 27 assists) and 36 penalty minutes in 72 games. The left-handed defenseman recorded 15 of those points in the last 22 games of the season, earning a 20-spot improvement in NHL Central Scouting's final prospect rankings.

Guhle again improved his draft stock earlier this month at the 2015 NHL Scouting Combine at HARBORCENTER in Buffalo, after logging the best results among all prospects in the long jump and the highest peak power output score on the Wingate bike test. In all, Guhle ranked in the top 10 in seven different categories at the combine, joining Eichel in a tie for most top-10 results.

Buffalo opened the fourth round (92nd overall) with the selection of defenseman William Borgen. A St. Cloud State commit, Borgen (age 18, 6'1", 189 pounds) tallied 19 points (3/16) in 24 games during his senior season for Moorhead High School (Minnesota) before joining the Omaha Lancers (USHL) for 21 games to finish the 2014-15 season.

The Sabres chose yet another defenseman with the team's next pick, selecting Kelowna (WHL) blueliner Devante Stephens in the fifth round (122nd overall). Stephens (age 18, 6'1", 171 pounds) made his WHL debut during the 2014-15 season, recording 11 points (4/7) in 64 regular-season games for Rockets. A native of Surrey, British Columbia, he added four assists in 17 playoff games, helping Kelowna to team team's fourth WHL Championship.

Buffalo's run of defensemen ended in the sixth round, as the Sabres selected Lethbridge (WHL) center Giorgio Estephan with the 152nd pick in the draft. Estephan (age 18, 6'0", 188 pounds) ranked third among Hurricanes skaters with 51 points (23/28) in 64 games in 2014-15. After being unranked on Central Scouting's midterm rankings, the native of Edmonton, Alberta, saw his draft stock soar in the second half of the season after finishing the year with 45 points (22/23) in his final 39 games of the season.

Defenseman Ivan Chukarov of the Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) rounded out the Sabres' selections at 182nd overall. A Chicago native, Chukarov (age 20, 6'2", 190 pounds) recorded 43 points (12/31) in 55 games with Minnesota last season and is committed to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Day one of the NHL Draft saw the Sabres make two trades and one draft selection.

Buffalo Sabres 2015 Draft Class:

Round (Overall) - Player (Position) / Amateur team

1 (2) - Jack Eichel (center) / Boston University, NCAA-Hockey East

2 (51) - Brendan Guhle (defenseman) / Prince Albert, WHL

4 (92) - William Borgen (defenseman) / Moorhead (Minnesota) High School

5 (122) - Devante Stephens (defenseman) / Kelowna, WHL

6 (152) - Giorgio Estephan (center) / Lethbridge, WHL

7 (182) - Ivan Chukarov (defenseman) / Minnesota, NAHL