Should the Maple Leafs select Gavin McKenna with their first pick?
5/6/202635 min
On the heels of the Maple Leafs winning the draft lottery, Jonas and James welcome draft and prospect insider Scott Wheeler to discuss the pros and cons of the Leafs selecting dynamic winger Gavin McKenna with the first pick. They profile other options including Swedish winger Ivar Stenberg, American defensemen Chase Reid and Canadian centre Caleb Malhotra, and James and Jonas wonder if this good news for the Leafs, changes Auston Matthews outlook on staying with Toronto.
Hosts: Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle
With: Scott Wheeler
Producer: Jeff Domet
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First 90 secondsJames Mirtle· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is the Leaf Report with Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle on The Athletic Podcast Network.
Jonas Siegel· Host0:19
Well, James, at about 5:37 on Tuesday night, you messaged me, and you said, "The Leafs are going to win the draft lottery." [laughs] And about- I'm glad you didn't read the exact message, 'cause I think it was a little- Yeah, I can't. [laughs] Yeah, it's, it's a little... Yeah, let's just say that's what you said. Uh, and the Leafs did indeed win the draft lottery, something, uh, that obviously wasn't likely. 8.5% chance of doing so. And there was no one we wanted to have on more to talk about this than someone who knows about the NHL draft and prospects probably better than anyone on the planet, uh, our own Scott Wheeler from The Athletic. Uh, so Scott, I'm sure your m- your phone has just been blowing up for the last however many hours since the lottery. Um, I, I wanna start here. Tell me who you think the Leafs will take with the number one overall pick, and tell me who you think they should take with the number one overall pick.
Scott Wheeler· Guest1:17
I think the Leafs will take Gavin McKenna, and I think they should take Gavin McKenna. Gavin has been my number one prospect on five of my six lists. My midseason ranking, I had Ivar Stenberg one and Gavin