Tuukka Rask played his 500th game for the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Fittingly, Rask started against Toronto, the team that originally drafted him.
Toronto drafted Rask to be the goalie of the future in the first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. However, before he could ever play a game for the Leafs, Toronto traded Rask to Boston for Andrew Raycroft.
At the time, Toronto considered Rask expendable because they also had Justin Pogge in the system. Rather than have two young goalie prospects, Toronto opted to trade one for an established NHL starter.