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Toronto Maple Leafs: Re-Drafting the Wilderness Years 2010-2015

By Andrew Kogut

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Nicholas Robertson poses after being selected 53rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Nicholas Robertson poses after being selected 53rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images) /
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NEWARK, NJ – JUNE 30: Frederik Gauthier poses with the front office after being selected number twenty one overall in the first round by the Toronto Maple Leafs  (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

2013 NHL Draft

The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t have 2nd or 4th-round picks and elect to take the incredibly average Frederik Gauthier with the 21st overall pick.

There isn’t a ton of talent picked at the end of the 1st-round and most of the 2nd-round; however, so, like most of these hindsight picks I’m making, hitting on a big name here is pretty much a crapshoot. That being ignored, the 2nd-rounder the Leafs traded to Chicago for Dave Bolland could have been used to select Tyler Bertuzzi (58) and instead of Gauthier we could have drafted Shea Theodore. Oh to dream.

How the Leafs drafted:

Frederik Gauthier (21)

Carter Verhaeghe (82) Good pick. Kristers Gudlevskis? Really? 

Fabrice Herzog (142)

Antoine Bibeau (172)

Andreas Johnsson (202) Pretty darn good for the 7th-round! 

How the Leafs should have drafted:

Shea Theodore (26)

Oliver Bjorkstrand (99)

Dominic Kubalik (191)

Andreas Johnsson (202)

MacKenzie Weegar (206)

Other notable names available:

Andre Burakovsky (23), Ryan Hartman (30), Tristan Jarry (44), Brett Pesce (66), Pavel Buchnevich (75), Jake Guentzel (77), Anthony Duclair (80), Juuse Saros (99), Andrew Kopp (104)

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