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Friday FTB: It’s draft day!

We’ve reached another offseason milestone. 31 players are going to find out what team they are going to start their NHL careers with tonight. Rasmus Dahlin is a no-brain selection for the Buffalo Sabres, and the Carolina Hurricanes have already announced that Andrei Svechnikov is their guy. The NHL Draft really starts at number 3 where the Montreal Canadiens can do what many expect OR do what many expect (optimism isn’t a strong force there).

But let’s be honest, the most important number that night will be 25. The Leafs earned the right to draft in the middle of the 20’s with a historic 105-point season, in combination with, a first-round exit.