This is so Maple Leafs it’s almost cruel.
As the emptying of the tank continues with the hockey club, last place is beginning to seem like a certainty. But the prize that usually goes along with that may be far from the Leafs' reach come June.
The last time the Leafs finished last and had first pick in the NHL Draft they came away with Wendel Clark. As if cursed, this time they must live with rules that don’t work necessarily in their favour.
Auston Matthews is the prize of this year’s draft but the odds are 80-20, if you can believe it, against the Leafs getting him.