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Mysterious NHL draft pick gets trading card

Updated: July 17, 2011, 3:15 PM ET
By Chris Olds

If you know your NHL Draft history -- or are a Buffalo Sabres fan -- then you know the name Taro Tsujimoto.

He's the real-life 183rd overall pick of the 1974 NHL Draft. He's got a brand new card in the 2010-11 Score Rookies & Traded hockey set from Panini America.

And the catch? He's not not even real.

The NHL's version of Sidd Finch was a real-life punchline of Sabres GM Punch Imlach 37 years ago when the draft was plodding along at a snail's pace. When his team's ...

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