Cathy Squires

Four players were selected yesterday as we get deep into the draft.

We haven’t even had the draft yet, and we already have invites to the development camp that follows it.

Now in the middle of the first round, you have to find choices you disagree with in today’s picks.

The pressure on some teams to just do something in this period before the draft is high. How well did they do last year?

What’s age got do with draft picks anyway? Is it enough to talk of 1999 birthdays and 2000 birthdays, or is it much more complex?

Some guy Jose Bautista has never heard of thinks the Leafs are confused by Auston Matthews. We think that’s silly.

With the Stanley Cup Finals just over, some key dates for you to remember for the rest of this month.

There aren’t many household names this year, not unless your household is in Quebec or the Czech Republic.

And who knows what the Leafs might do today? How many seventh round picks can we get?

Trade fever has taken hold.

LOL Oilers, what are you even doing?

Thank goodness that’s over, now we can make trades.

There’s a plot twist in this day’s draft picks.

There’s three picks today, still in the top ten, but maybe some unexpected choices.

There’s three picks today, as the action heats up.

Because he’s a good depth centre who can play up the lineup, but there’s another reason, too.

For your fun, enjoyment, we bring you our mock draft once again, and invite you to mock our picks. Or praise them, if you like.

The Marlies hit the ice in Austin, Texas tonight.

When an unfamiliar name shows up on a draft list right where the Leafs are picking, you need to at least ask who that is.

The leaders in the bench press are not always the best hockey players, but looking at all the numbers is still fun.

Everyone loves you until it’s contract time. Now suddenly they want to point out all your faults.

What’s the difference between the Swedish Elite League and the KHL? How do you figure out which draft prospects’ points to be impressed by?

The clock struck, five, and three names have come off the list of Maple Leafs prospects. One of them hasn’t gone far, though.

Last summer Fulemin looked at one aspect of the Leafs drafting strategy. One year on, how are those big boys doing?

It’s too early for the traditional gift of a commemorative broom, but we might place some on order.