The second round begins airing on SN, NHLN and ESPN+ at 11 am ET today. Since this draft will run through the entire afternoon, we will use this post as the combination FTB and watch post.

The draft order for the second through seventh rounds does not use the lottery order, instead using the standings and playoff results only.

Toronto's Picks

Toronto has six picks this year, one of their own, and five received in trades prior to the draft. They are:

  • Pick #60, the Buffalo second-round pick received from LA for Scott Laughton
  • Pick #69, their own third-rounder
  • Pick #85, the Flyers third-round pick received as part of the Joe Woll/Simon Benoit trade
  • Pick #116, the Ducks fourth-round pick received from Seattle for Bobby McMann
  • Pick #158, the Colorado fifth-round pick received for Nic Roy
  • Pick #169, the San Jose sixth-round pick received for Timothy Liljegren

The second round will be the slowest round, so don't expect that Leafs pick before noon. After that, well, you never know, sometimes they are very slow sometimes not.

In other news you might have missed:

Yesterday in trades:

  • Buffalo got Olen Zellweger from the Ducks for Anton Wahlber and the 45th overall pick in today's second round.
  • Ottawa got Andre Burakovsky for a 2027 sixth round pick from Chicago.
  • Boston (who now have former Buffalo GM Kevyn Adams on staff, per Elliotte Friedman) got former Sabre J.J. Peterka from Utah for their first round pick last night and a 2028 first.
  • The Rangers got the rights to unsigned RFA (arbitration rights) Pavel Dorofeyev from Vegas for the 26th overall last night a third rounder today and a 2028 first rounder. The Rangers signed Dorofeyev for seven years at $11 million.
  • St. Louis got Mason McTavish from Anaheim for the 15th and 29th picks last night.
  • The Mammoth got pick number 17 last night for pick number 19 and a third rounder today from LA.
  • San Jose got pick number 21 last night from Buffalo for the 27th, along with a second and fourth round picks for today.
  • Utah got goalie Sebastian Cossa from Detroit for pick number 23 last night.
  • Montréal got the 26th pick last night for the 28th and a third-round pick next year.
  • Anaheim moved up to pick number 28 last night from Vegas in exchange for pick number 29 last night and a fourth rounder today.
  • Nashville got the 31st last night from Carolina for two second rounders today.

Wait, do you want to know who was drafted yesterday? I stopped paying attention after the first pick, but here's a list which you can carry on using today:

https://puckpedia.com/draft

If you watched last night, you saw Gavin take a call before the draft.

Onto the fun of the second day of the draft. We'll have coverage for you as we go along like always.

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