- 1st pick and 7th overall - your new Maple Leaf, Nazem Kadri! Toronto Sports Media, Torontoist, Toronto Mike and NHL.com all welcome the new hope to the ACC.
- But what does it all mean? Where's the meat? Leafs-centric draft analysis comes from Down Goes Brown, Maple Leaf Hot Stove, TSM and the ever adroit mf37.
- Strange to think, I know - but there were other teams drafting yesterday too. Here in order then, is what's being said (mostly) around the SBNation about the top 30 *deep breath* - Islanders (Tavares), Lightning (Hedman), Avalanche (Duchene), Thrashers (Kane), Kings (Schenn), Coyotes (Ekman-Larsson), Stars (Glennie), senators (Cowen), Oilers (Pääjärvi-Svensson), Predators (Ellis), Islanders (de Haan), Sabres (Kassian), Panthers (Kulikov), Ducks (Holland), Wild (Leddy), Blues (Rundblad), Canadiens (Leblanc), Rangers (Kreider), Devils (Josefson), Blue Jackets (Moore), Canucks (Schroeder), Flames (Erixon), Capitals (Johansson), Bruins (Caron), Ducks (Palmieri), Hurricanes (Paradis), Blackhawks (Olsen), Lightning (Ashton) and the Penguins (Despres).
- Essentially, the world's gone Sweden mad. The Fanhouse reports of the rise of the Three Crowns. Not that Sleza is too happy about the whole thing.
- The wires were aflame yesterday with rumours of trades abounding and then turning to whispers in the wind. Maple Leaf Hot Stove looks at the ones that got away.
- One that very much didn't get away - Pronger the the Flyers. Broad Street Hockey and The Hockey Writers debate this act of aggressive lunacy.
- At some today, spare a thought and give generously to our sister-in-arms, Wrap. And you thought YOU had a slightly disappointing Friday.
- Nineteen more picks before it comes back round to us again - what'll the second and subsequent rounds bring?
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