Maple Leafs await draft fate over first-round pick transfer to Bruins

8 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 5

Toronto has a 41.8% chance of keeping the 2026 pick and a 58.2% chance Boston gets it, with protection only if it stays in the top five.
The Leafs finished with the NHL's fifth-worst record, so a team behind them winning a top-two lottery spot could push the pick to No. 6 or No. 7 and send it to Boston.
If Toronto keeps this year's pick, the obligation rolls into 2027 or 2028 under complex conditions created by 2025 trades for Scott Laughton and Brandon Carlo.

Can a controversial new GM's lottery luck finally reverse decades of costly trades and kickstart a true Toronto rebuild?

Will tonight's lottery create another 'Tyler Seguin' moment, gifting Boston a franchise-altering player from their rival?