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NHL Draft Retrospective: 4th Overall History

What can the Toronto Maple Leafs expect out of the player they draft with the fourth overall pick?

If history has anything to do with it, they will have a pretty good player on their hands. Let’s take a look at the 52 players drafted fourth overall. Just scroll through the table to see everyone.

So as you can see, as expected, fourth overall picks have done pretty well with their careers. Sure, it started off not so well in the first few drafts, but there wasn’t much success at any pick back them.