If there is one clear truth about the Leafs’ offseason, it’s that Kyle Dubas did a great job on the Kasperi Kapanen trade with Pittsburgh. Getting both a mid-first-round pick and neato prospect Filip Hallander was obviously good on its own account, but it also made the NHL entry draft leadup much more interesting than it had been for Leaf fans in a couple of years. 15th overall is right in the range where somebody cool might fall to you.
No one dropped that far compared to pre-draft projections. But Rodion Amirov looked like the best player available at 15th, and the Leafs took him.