Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Justin Walters react to the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the 2026 NHL Draft lottery and discuss the added pressure it puts on new general manager John Chayka. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs won the lottery draft, so that bodes even well, but even more eyeballs- Yeah will be on them, but they’re one of the premier franchises in the NHL.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are like the Dallas Cowboys of the National Hockey League, and I think it’s compounded even more being the hockey team in Toronto.
I mean, like, like the Maple Leafs are, are everything.
So it’s e- every question that we might have about the Dallas Cowboys, every question that we might have about the New York Knicks or the Lakers or wherever LeBron is playing, like, that is the kind of, of gravity that we’re talking about here with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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So even with the number one overall pick, especially with the number one overall pick, might I add, whether it’s Gavin McKenna, the consensus number one prospect in this year’s draft, all the pressure, all the heat, and all the eyeballs will be directly on the Toronto Maple Leafs and their new general manager