With the entry draft just weeks away, I was looking through Leafs draft history and thought "Hey, I can spill some words from this look around wikipedia". So here's my first mess of letters, on the Maple Leafs first ever draft pick.
In 1963 the first NHL draft was held. There wasn't an arena full of fans, there were no prospects sitting all day, waiting, praying that their name gets called. No marathon broadcasts or terrible, terrible, draft day photos.
There were six NHL teams present that day in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, and only a few staff members were present.