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Brian Hayes

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1240 total appearances

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

But if they end up taking McKenna, is there anything the Leafs, as an organization, although there's been a lot of turnover, should learn or could learn from the previous, you know, run at?

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

first overall when they took matthews when they had marner coming up the core four era i guess is what i'm saying now if you have a new young kind of superstar or a guy who's expected to get there is there anything they can learn or should learn from that experience the last decade bruce that maybe could change the outcome of the mckenna era here in toronto

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Yeah, they've got to be...

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

all-time greats, kind of.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Obviously, Alex was one of them.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Ovechkin went first overall.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Now, he's as good as it gets.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Patrick Kane went first overall, as good as it gets.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

But beyond that, you're right.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

History would suggest it's centers and defensemen, and that's what complicates things when you get the first overall pick, and there isn't that McDavid, Crosby, Ovechkin, Lindros, Lemieux.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

If they're not sitting there...

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

it becomes dicier, right, Bruce?

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

It really becomes โ€“ it's a crapshoot, and you can trust all you want and do all the scouting and believe in the talent, but there's just no guarantees it's going to pan out the way you hope it does.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

When these two players look back on the season they had, NHL and Olympic experience, which one do you think will be more disappointed, Connor McDavid or Nathan McKinnon?

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Always appreciate you finding time for us.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Yep, I'm with you on that.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Pushing for more.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

Pushing for more, and we'll see.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

It's got to be an active offseason, but we're just getting started.

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Boudreau on the Maple Leafs' direction, drafting first overall and the Canadian team landscape

In fact, we're not even started yet.