The NHL’s annual Entry Draft is being held next Friday/Saturday in Dallas. As of now the Toronto Maple Leafs have picks in the first, second (San Jose), third (San Jose), fourth, fifth rounds. They also have two seventh round picks (Anaheim).
Here are three things you can expect the Leafs to do at the draft.
Now keep in mind that these are just wild guesses. We’re just having fun here.
1. Trade their #25 pick.
The Leafs are a team that relies heavily on analytics. SInce we know that to be true, we know that that they are aware that players tend to have their peak season somewhere between their third and fifth year.