NHL ENTRY DRAFT

June 22, 1996

Eric Rasmussen

No problem.

I had no idea that Buffalo -- just from the meeting they just said they were interested in me and they didn't say they wanted to pick me or anything like that so I had no idea they were going to pick me.

I'm very excited. I'm happy to be with the Sabres. It is a great organization. I'm happy to be with them.

Yes, I do.

I've gotten to know him better in the last couple of years. The more I've gotten up in the league and playing with the Governors now and I think my father knows his father pretty well.

I have never talked to him but Buffalo about Buffalo.

I will.

No, not until this weekend. I never met anybody from the Sabres organization at all.

I don't know, I think -- I don't know if I'm ready right now. I think that's something we'll have to discuss with the organization and the management. I couldn't tell you. Just if I'm ready or not. If they think I am -- we'll see what happens. I don't know. I'm not leaning either way.

Exactly.

I got -- my mom and my father and my two brothers and I've got -- I've got -- my best friend from high school and a couple more. I've got coaches, my coaches from high school and another good friend of the family's with us. Not really. Well, woke up and I was up ever since then.

I had no idea. I was just new. I was going to go from seven to ten, so, that's what I was told, so, that's what I thought was going to happen.

It was the first one of my weekend when I came down here on Thursday and I walked in the room about 20 some guys I satted in the middle of them, so, I was kind of shocked about that. I had never done anything like that, but it was actually, really relaxed atmosphere in there. They were really calm with me and it was a really good interview I thought.

No, not really, they just wanted to have know my faults about myself and how I could help them out and what they thought. How long I'd be in college for, questions like that.

I played wing all last year.

I thought think more and more than it's going to become my position, but in high school, I played center all the way up.

Don Rasmussen and Mert Rasmussen.

He was.

He played for the U for a little bit.

Oh, like 1960 or something like that, a while ago.

He knows Jack, I don't know if that's from the U or no, but I know he knows Jack pretty well.

At first, I think it was more of a relief you just wanted to get it over with and you're not nervous about who is going to pick you, you're not nervous about being taken, but I got more excited as I realized what had just happened.

I looked at my mom and I hugged my mom is the first thing I did.

Mert Rasmussen.

Both older, my brother Brian is 23 or 22. I don't know for sure, the other one is 25.

My brother Brian plays at St. Thomas University in Minnesota and my brother Scott doesn't play at all, doesn't play.

I don't know yet, I mean we're not - either both options open to go back or go right out this year so I don't know what's going to happen right now. I think we're going to have have to wait to see what the management and organization says.

Yes, I would.

Yes. No, I -- NCAL permits me to have an agent so Brian Lotten is my advisor.

If I have a question on some rulings or something I can go to Brian and he'll answer it for me