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Toronto Maple Leafs: Five Lessons I Learned from the Draft

By Andrew Boehmer

June 23, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Timothy Liljegren greets NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after being selected as the number seventeen overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports
June 23, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; Timothy Liljegren greets NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after being selected as the number seventeen overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have concluded the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

Anybody else satisfied by what the Toronto Maple Leafs accomplished?

I don’t know how you can’t be when they did as good as a job as they did because I had low expectations for this draft and I’m overjoyed.

Really low expectations, folks.

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I mean, having Timothy Liljegren fall into their lap at number 17 overall is truly a gift from the hockey gods.

The puck takes all sorts of weird bounces and many haven’t gone the right way, but it appears it’s finally going the Leafs way.

What an awesome feeling.

Liljegren most likely won’t play for the Leafs in the 2017-18 season, but they still have a top four right-handed defenseman in the system.

Okay, projected top four pairing defenseman.

Enough said, let’s get right to it.

I’m going to list five lessons I learned from this year’s draft regarding the Leafs and life in general.

But mostly the Leafs.

And as a friendly reminder, none of the following are in any particular order as per most of my slideshows.

Just enjoy the ride.

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