The NHL Draft Lottery rarely escapes controversy, but Tuesday night’s result pushed skepticism into overdrive after the Toronto Maple Leafs landed the No. 1 overall pick with just an 8.5% chance. During a live alternate broadcast of Game 2

The 2026 NHL Draft odds from Kalshi for who the Toronto Maple Leafs will choose with the No. 1 pick have Gavin McKenna as the favorite.

While the Toronto Maple Leafs had a season to forget as they missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there was something worth celebrating on Monday.

Getting McKenna will make a huge impact for 2027-28 and beyond, the kind of lottery-ball bounce that can turn a franchise around.

The Toronto Maple Leafs moved to the top spot in the 2026 NHL Draft by winning Tuesday's lottery. The San Jose Sharks will pick second.

The Toronto Maple Leafs, who this week announced sweeping front office changes, won the lottery Tuesday for the first pick in the NHL draft, a victory at a critical time for a franchise that failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2016.

The Maple Leafs hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft

With Sundin, the Maple Leafs and Hockey Hall of Fame legend, on hand at the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, for the NHL Draft Lottery, Toronto, which came into the night with the fifth-best odds of winning the lottery (8.5 percent), shocked its supporters and, perhaps, itself, when the Ping-Pong balls fell in its favor.

Penn State’s Gavin McKenna and Swedish winger Ivar Stenberg are rated as the top North American and European prospects by NHL Central Scouting.

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