Editing Toronto Maple Leafs (section)

=== Draft picks ===
{{Main|List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks}}
In the [[1963 NHL amateur draft]], the NHL's inaugural draft, the Maple Leafs selected [[Walt McKechnie]], a centre from the [[London Nationals]] with their first pick, sixth overall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ones-upon-a-time-a-history-of-leafs-draft-picks/wcm/55e09d81-893d-4382-8b9f-25238ef2abe4|title=Ones upon a time: A history of Leafs' draft picks|last=Traikos|first=Michael|work=National Post |date=June 23, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2017}}</ref> Two Maple Leafs captains were obtained through the draft, [[Darryl Sittler]] in the [[1970 NHL amateur draft|1970 draft]]; as well as [[Wendel Clark]] in the [[1985 NHL entry draft|1985 draft]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992–93 NHL Season|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2012|last=Denault|first=Todd|pages=11–12|isbn=978-1-118-14580-7}}</ref> The Maple Leafs have drafted two players with a first overall draft pick; Clark in the 1985 draft, and [[Auston Matthews]] in the [[2016 NHL entry draft|2016 draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/03/28/leafs-focus-on-speed-and-getting-up-to-it-feschuk.html|title=Auston Matthews breaks Wendel Clark's rookie record: Feschuk|last=Feschuk|first=Dave|access-date=February 14, 2018|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|date=March 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072403/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/03/28/leafs-focus-on-speed-and-getting-up-to-it-feschuk.html|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable Maple Leafs draft picks and current players with the team are defenceman [[Morgan Rielly]] (fifth overall, [[2012 NHL entry draft|2012]]), and wingers [[William Nylander]] and [[Mitch Marner]] (eighth and fourth overall in [[2014 NHL entry draft|2014]] and [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015]] respectively). The team's most recent first round selection was [[Easton Cowan]], at 28th overall in the [[2023 NHL entry draft|2023 draft]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Easton Cowan, 28th pick in NHL draft, signs with Maple Leafs |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38168237/easton-cowan-28th-pick-nhl-draft-signs-maple-leafs |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 23, 2023 |date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>