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Bad Drafting Haunts the Toronto Maple Leafs to This Day

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a surprising amount of talent in their farm system for a team that currently has the longest streak of making the playoffs in the NHL.

The Toronto Maple Leafs haven ‘t made a high draft pick since 2016, and spent the majority of the years before 2018 making bad picks.

To wit: the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 drafts, were the Leafs got Marner, Matthews and Liljegren, were completely wasted, outside the top picks.

Had the Leafs drafted better when they were getting and developing their core players, they likely already would have won a Championship.