Toronto Maple Leafs: Five Lessons I Learned from the Draft

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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Trust

I’ve heard it a thousand times and a lot of those times from some of you.

In Brendan Shanahan we trust.

I know, I know, but I was even questioning what was going to happen.

In the future, I think I need to trust the organization a little better because they didn’t disappoint.

Just relate it to the last slide even.

Had they not kept things simple and panicked, they could’ve made a trade involving the pick (good or bad) and not been able to draft Liljegren.

But they trusted their plan and I think it worked out just fine.

And if I had seen Liljegren go at 17 to another team.

Phew, done deal.

I would’ve been a fan of the KHL.