NHL ENTRY DRAFT

July 8, 1995

Jay McKee

It feels great. You know, they have been talking to me and it is great for me.

It is a great stepping stone too.

It feels great, you know, they have been talking to me going in the top 10. I went 14th so that is super. That is great for me.

It is great to be stepped into -- certainly a stepping stone. They went through it themselves; now I am going through it: I talked to him before. I met him a couple of years ago. Actually his brother is from my hometown.

Yeah, it is a good to step into that.

It could be. Mike Wilson who went to Buffalo from Vancouver, I played with him last year. I know some people already. That is great.

It is great. It is a feeling like never before.

Oh, yeah, it's a dream for me. It is the next step, stepping stone to the NHL.

Buffalo is great. I am really pleased with Buffalo. I played Niagra Falls. They are right across the river.

They have been eyeing me all season. It is a great place, and now Mike Wilson who plays, he has been traded there. I played with him last year; that makes it even better.

This is a stepping stone, like I said before, and I got to work hard. Hopefully, down the road I could be a Buffalo Sabres one day.

I don't know a whole lot about the organization right now. But all I know, pretty well, it is right down the road for me from Niagra Falls; that is super. That is great.

I talked to some guys during the season, but they are always there. Just being right across the river, they are always there watching me. I am sure they will always be there this year while I am playing.

I'd like to go to training camp and have the best one I can. Then go to Niagra Falls and I'd like to put up a lot of points this year.

If I have a great great training camp and they keep me around, that would be super, but I would be content to go back to Niagra Falls for one or two years.

It is just two and a half hours down the road. That is two and a half to four hours; that is super.

Right now I am standing at 6 foot 2. 191 pounds.

Yeah, I feel I definitely need to improve, I think, for the next step into the NHL, but I feel I am not far off.

Definitely going to work real hard this summer and improvement will come with experience. If I don't play with Buffalo this season Niagra Falls will be a really good season for myself and the team. I can learn some more stuff hopefully. This training camp will definitely be a new experience for me and I know I will have to improve on.

I played with Mike Wilson and Sudbury last year. I was traded to Niagara Falls in January, so played with him for a year and a half. That is great. We got along really well.

That is the best opportunity for me. I'd rather go to a team with older defense than a young team with good defense.

I am living in Kingston right now, 613-389-5931.

It has been a really busy couple of days. I really had no idea where I was going. I sort of believed they have been talking about the top 10, but I am content with -- I heard between 10 and 15 before coming here today, so that is just super.

They have me 9th. That was with Europeans. That makes a little difference, couple of Europeans went before me.

I think everybody will be excited. It is going to be a great time when I get back home. I didn't really talk to Buffalo a lot. I knew they have been watching me all season, so it will be a surprise for some some people but it is just super.

I sort of have my own style of play. I have grown up looking up to Chris CHILLY, I like WASHINGTON. He is a great leader. He can be a tough guy when he wants to be but you need him on the ice more than in the box; that is the kind of game I like to play.

It is great to be a part of what they went through. I am sure I will be talking with them a little more now. He is probably happy to see -- I'd like to be . . That will be great, to be a good friend of Terry's.