Conclusion of Part One:
The Toronto Maple Leafs could have dominated the 1990s. Had they had even just a smidge of luck in their drafting, they could have iced a team so dominant that today the term “Toronto Maple Leafs” would be synonymous with winning.
It isn’t.
They drafted Clark, Damphouse, Richardson, Pearson, Thornton, Pearson and Bancroft. Four years, seven picks, and a chance to set the team up for a decade or more.
It didn’t happen.
What could have been is insane: Imagine the Leafs had picked Wendel Clark, Brian Leetch, Joe Sakic, Jeremy Roenick, Bill Guerin, Olaf Kolzig and Adam Foote.
Yowzer!
This concludes part one.
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