Ah, the NHL Draft. Where dreams are made, and if you get picked by the Sharks, broken. Tonight in the first round special the NHL teams will harvest a crop of players whose seeds were planted 18 years ago.

Oh, but not the Leafs. At least probably not. They don't have a first round pick. So perhaps Tre will find the utility closet and sit in there like he was forced to for the first round of his first Leafs draft. Unless of course there's a shocking draft floor trade. It could happen! Stay tuned and boost the ratings so you can watch the same five commercials 16 times each during the night. Here are his comments from yesterday.

But realistically, we'll simply see every other team drafting players while the Leafs wait until tomorrow for rounds two through seven. It does in a way feel a relief that the Leafs have nothing on the line, and that we can all munch popcorn and watch other teams' GMs do something stupid.

This apparently all starts at 7:00 p.m. ET, which I take to mean the broadcast starts then with a bunch of inspirational video montages about the next generation, and some clips of player interviews and Gary Bettman blabbering about how great the... wait where are they doing this, oh, in L.A., about how great every member of the Kings ownership group is, and congratulations to the Stanley Cup winners the Panthers, and blah, blah, blah.

They should let us bet on the time the first pick will be made. I'm going with 7:40.

But maybe the Leafs will make some news tomorrow. The organisation does love to steal the show.

Washington does not know how to steal the show though, making the most "player you've never heard of" trade yesterday. Sourdif has played in four NHL games since being drafted in 2020.

And fun times here, Canucks Sports and Entertainment owner Francesco Aquilini was booed by the fans at the Abbotsford Canucks Calder Cup victory party.

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— Ryan Henderson (@rjhenderson7.bsky.social) 2025-06-27T03:34:38.998Z

Everyone get ready for a long night.

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