With the 95th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft, the Maple Leafs select Nicholas Moldenhauer

Photo by Joe Hrycych/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Leafs made their second pick in the 2022 NHL draft in the third round at 95th overall. The pick was originally Vegas’s, and was just acquired in trade for the 79th overall.

After a surprising and somewhat “off the board” pick at 38th overall, the second pick used went for a player from new AGM Ryan Hardy’s old team.

Nicholas Moldenhauer is a 5’11” right-shooting winger and centre who is listed at 170 lbs, making him the classic “zippy little winger”. He is originally from Port Credit, Ontario, and played in the GTHL for three years. He then moved to the USHL system and the famed Chicago Steel team that has produced a lot of Toronto’s prospects.…