The 2022 NHL draft is over, and Toronto finishes a busy second day. They entered with three picks, they finished with five. They also changed the makeup of their goalie situation, but are left now with nothing but question marks and speculation.
Let’s talk about my first impressions of the draft as a whole, now that it’s all over. I’ll first walk through each pick and trade involved, then give my overall thoughts at the end.
1) Traded pick #25 and Mrázek to Chicago for pick #38, no salary retention
This was a slam dunk deal for me at the time, and even now that we know who the Leafs took.