The final battle.

With their final pick in the 2025 draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs took a swing on Matthew Hlacar from the Kitchener Rangers.

The first defender taken

The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Harry Nansi with the 153rd overall pick, a great swing for a long term but interesting prospect in the late rounds.

He's from Minnesota. Sort of.

With their third round pick, the Maple Leafs took a swing on Tyler Hopkins from the USHL

With their first pick in the 2025 NHL draft, the Maple Leafs picked a big Norwegian centre Tinus Luc Koblar

Voting will take place soon for both sides.

All the picks, trades, and deals from the lead up to pick 32

Where we get to live vicariously.

Yay!

Bob McKenzie has released his final rankings ahead of the NHL draft tomorrow, so let's look at how realistic the players I profiled will be for Toronto.

Expect something weird to happen.

Years ago I wrote about age bias in drafting, and I've discovered since that short of how escrow works, it's the most misunderstood issue in the NHL. Yes, even more than what goalie interference is.

Toronto has liked to dip into the re-entry prospect pool at the draft in recent years, and that can be pretty wise for defensemen who are trickier to judge earlier in their development. So here are the top options I've seen.

It's all rumours and innuendo right now.

Not a lost Robert Ludlum novel.

Looking at the top re-entry prospect options at forward for the upcoming draft, who I think could be interesting as choices for Toronto.

Top that, Brad.

Is John Tavares the consolation prize or actually the best possible option?

Last year, Toronto drafted three defensemen in the fourth round or later. Brad Treliving seems to like taking swings on certain kinds of defensemen, so I looked at some options that I think could make sense for the Leafs that I also like.

One medium-sized trade and an AHL champion.

What happened to Bobby McMann this year?

There are several forward prospects not ranked very highly, or at all, by almost any scouting outlet who I think would make for great swings in the later rounds.

Maybe Brad will do a thing. Maybe not.