Watch as the Toronto Maple Leafs fulfilled a moment that their fans have been waiting months for as they drafted Auston Matthews first overall at the NHL Draft.
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37 Comments
Thews for Conn Smythe 2021
So happy didn't pick Laine
4 years later, us Leafs fans are still suffering lol
We definitely had a horseshoe up our butts that year. We got really lucky to have won the lottery the same year Auston was ready for the NHL. The best and my fave player from the Maple Leafs EVER!!! #austonmatthews #leafsfanforever
Never forget: this kid is from Arizona.
Even 5+ years later I still remember the fear of the leafs potentially messing up and picking laine. Thank god they didn't blow this of all things.
One pick that changed the Maple Leafs forever.
Terrible pick, he will never score 20 goals in a season guaranteed, they should've picked the god Laine, that guy is going to be better than McDavid for sure
Check your rear view Canada! We're coming up.
He just broke the leafs record for most goals scored in a season! 55 goals!
It was just the beginning
Five years later, he has 60 goals in the 2021-22 season and has the Maple Leafs one win away from their first second round series since 2004. Toronto got themselves a good one, and they landed John Tavares a couple years after that too.
It’s been 5 years and we’ve done nothing but waste his career. 0 series wins in this time with Marner and Matthews. Auston I hope you leave to a team that can bring you playoff success because Toronto ain’t doing anything at this point
And now he’s the best player in leafs history, just needs playoff success to become the greatest
Great pick MVP
He's wearing Marner's sweater
Love him
Hart Trophy winner Auston Matthews
MVP of the League Auston Matthews
What can go wrong is still going wrong 😂🤣😂🤣
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Is it just me or thay put mariners number on the jersey and thay are a daeinamik doue
Feel bad… can’t seem to grasp the 2nd round with Toronto
And yet they still can't make it past the 1st round 😂
Couldn't score the goals we need him to score in the playoffs! Until he does he's a SLUG!!!!!
why is he wearing mitch’s jersey
6 years later he becomes the first 60 goal scorer in a decade☝️
0:27 he’s like hm I wonder who they’re gonna draft
He should go back to this hair style. He looks like a middle aged beach bum now….terrible style lol
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A new beginning in Toronto!
I'm sure Toronto fans are more happy to support Austin's career-spend all that cap space on a top goal scorer, Hall of famer, they'll be raising his jersey to the rafters!!
Isn't that so much better than raising a cup?!?
Best performing 1st pick of all time?
The franchise
So much hair
Imagine if they ruined it all for everyone by selecting someone else 😂
first 60 goalscorer since stamkos, got 4 goals in his first game, and he came from the DESERT
Good player but still no cup.