A Toronto Maple Leafs NHL draft retrospective of their recent selections reveals missed opportunities to select notable players.
The Toronto Maple Leafs multiple playoff failures have brought a lot of talk about changing the core of the team. This got us thinking. How might the Leafs look different had they selected other players during the draft years of their core players?
First, let’s outline some parameters. Hindsight being 20/20, of course, every team in the NHL would love to correct mistakes they made at the draft table. All teams can look back with regret about players they didn’t take.