NHL Draft
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Coverage of the NHL Entry Draft and draft prospects.
Matthews ready for pressure, fame that comes with Leafs
If Toronto takes Auston Matthews first overall, he'll be entering fame and pressure unrivalled by any Leafs player before him.
NHL Mock Draft 2016: Toronto Maple Leafs select Samuel Girard with No. 30 pick
Note: The Leafs don't own the 30th pick anymore due to the Frederik Andersen trade, but the SB Nation NHL Mock Draft was executed before the trade. This player would work at 31st overall too.
Final 2016 NHL Draft selection order for all seven rounds
The 2015-2016 NHL season is complete and the draft order is finalized.
The Traded Draft Picks All-Star Team
Between 1971 & 2011 the Maple Leafs traded away 126 draft picks. What kind of team can be made with the players chosen?
Auston Matthews: There and back again, a top draft pick's tale
From Buffalo to San Jose and back again, Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine and a few friends went on a quest.
NHL Mock Draft 2016: Toronto Maple Leafs select Auston Matthews with No. 1 pick
With the first overall selection in SB Nation's NHL 2016 Mock Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are proud to select...
2016 NHL Scouting Combine: Complete fitness testing results
The NHL Scouting Combine's fitness testing has quickly come and gone. Here's who stood out.
2016 NHL Scouting Combine livestream schedule
Sportsnet has a livestream available for the final day of the Combine from Buffalo. See Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine in action in the drills.
The first draft pick: Walt McKechnie
The first NHL draft was held in 1963, who did the Leafs pick?
Leafs interview Auston Mattews as the 2016 NHL Scouting Combine begins
The Leafs scouting staff are hard at work in Buffalo looking for new prospects who will hope to become part of the bright Maple Leaf future. They started at the top with an interview with Auston Matthews.
Draft tickets for sale, but not for Leafs fans
A helpful Buffalo Sabres fan has some NHL Draft tickets for sale...to the right fan
2016 NHL Draft Profile: Alex DeBrincat is an enigma
Few players in the 2016 NHL Draft class have become as polarizing as Alex DeBrincat.
2016 NHL Draft Profile: Vitalii Abaramov doesn't let size affect him
Vitalii Abramov is scary good with a puck on his stick and should be a target for the Leafs if he's available towards the end of the first round.
Trading Auston Matthews to Arizona because he's a local kid is stupid
The idea that the Coyotes are willing to set their team back a few years just to get a local kid needs to be killed and buried in the desert.
The Feel-Bad Hit Of The Summer: Part II
Let's continue to explore the worst-case scenarios for first overall. This is a Toronto Maple Leafs blog, after all.
2016 NHL Draft Profile: Adam Mascherin could be a second round steal
With the draft lottery complete and the Pittsburgh Penguins first round pick location still in limbo, the 2016 NHL Draft Profile series turns its attention to potential candidates for the Leafs at 31st overall.
The Feel-Bad Hit Of The Summer: Part I
There have been plentiful writings about draft busts, but I want to know what went WRONG.
Pat Quinn comes through for the Maple Leafs one last time
Present in spirit, the Hockey God nudged the final lottery ball in the direction of his favourite team.
Addition of Matthews no reason to move Nylander to the wing
It's tempting to say that the team should move their star Swedish prospect to the wing to make room for Auston Matthews. I disagree.
2016 NHL Draft Lottery: Toronto Maple Leafs win; select first overall!
We are now truly in an enlightened and prosperous age.
2016 NHL Draft Lottery: Preview, broadcast schedule, odds, profiles
May the odds be ever in your favour.
PPP Round Table: Shooting for the giant, Auston Matthews
Our round table ponders the beauty of Auston Matthews in the Leafs lineup.
2016 NHL Draft Profile: Pierre-Luc Dubois among year's best forwards
Pierre-Luc Dubois good. Really good. He might even be fourth overall good.