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Insider links Connor McDavid to the Maple Leafs. Getty Even though the Toronto Maple Leafs did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they got themselves a hefty consolation prize by winning the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery, and the rights to select Penn State Nittany Lions forward Gavin McKenna with the first overall pick.
Coincidently for the Leafs, the last time they missed the playoffs, they also won the Draft Lottery in 2016, and used the pick to take future captain Auston Matthews first overall.
McKenna was selected first overall by the Maple Leafs, and they hope that he’ll not only instantly become a regular in the lineup, but to help replace some of the offense they struggled to replicate this past season after the departure of Mitch Marner.
Oilers superstar captain Connor McDavid, a former first overall pick himself in 2015, recently said that he believes the young forward will…
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