The Top 10 "Leafiest" Things to Ever Happen in Toronto Maple Leafs History

8. McDavid Lottery

In 2015, the Edmonton Oilers won the lottery that allowed them to select Connor McDavid first overall. This was, and is, a complete joke because the Oilers ended up having the first overall pick in four out of six years.

Somehow they were rewarded for being one of the worst franchises ever with the second-best player to ever live, but complaining about that isn't why we are here.

The Leafs, as you most likely are aware, drafted fourth that season and came away with Mitch Marner, who may yet go down as the second-best player to ever wear the blue and white. So this was already a good draft, but it could have been so much better.

The Leafs entered the lottery with the fourth-best odds to land McDavid. That in itself was pretty fun, but the odds were very weighted in Edmonton's favor so there wasn't really too much of a reason to get excited.

Being a Leafs fan, I didn't get my hopes up or even consider that McDavid would land in Toronto. However, as the lottery was happening, one of the Leafiest things to ever happen went down.

Connor McDavid, who is from Newmarket (a suburb of Toronto) grew up a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and him and everyone he knows, plus everyone in the GTA, were cheering for the Leafs to win the lottery.

And it almost happened. The NHL draws four numbers, and after they drew the first three, the Leafs had the best odds of winning. Of course they did.

But is Connor McDavid on the Leafs? No he is not, but he is the 8th most Leafy thing to ever happen.