2011 NHL Draft
Boston gets Dougie Hamilton 9th overall with Toronto’s 1st-rounder from the Kessel deal. Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton. I’m gonna need a minute…
Okay.
Armed with an additional two first-round picks (30th overall from the Tomas Kaberle trade and 25th overall for unloading Kris Versteeg), Toronto trades the 30th and 39th picks to Anaheim for pick 22. Anaheim drafts Rickard Rakell and John Gibson, respectively, while Toronto nets Tyler Biggs… Why do I follow this team again?
How the Leafs drafted:
Tyler Biggs (22)
Stuart Percy (25)
Josh Leivo (86)
Tom Nilsson (100)
Tony Cameranesi (130)
David Broll (152)
Denis Robertson (173)
Garret Sparks (190)
Max Everson (203)
How the Leafs should have drafted:
Rickard Rakell (30)
Nikita Kucherov (58!)
Jordan Binnington (88)
Johnny Gadreau (104)
Andrew Shaw (139)
Josh Manson (160)
Dylan Demelo (179)
Ryan Dzingel (204)
Ondrej Palat (208!) Second huge value pick by TB in this draft alone
Other notable names available:
Phillip Danault (26), Vladislav Namestnikov (27), Boone Jenner (37), Brandon Saad (43)- this pick was actually traded away by Toronto, cool cool cool-, William Karlsson (53), Vincent Trochek (64), Blake Coleman (75), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (96)