{"id":762240,"date":"2026-06-26T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:22:10","slug":"on-the-clock-toronto-maple-leafs-hold-top-pick-in-nhl-draft-tonight-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762240\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs hold top pick in NHL Draft tonight | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782469330_343_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Penn State forward Gavin McKenna plays in an NCAA hockey regional game against Minnesota Duluth on March 27, 2026 in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo\/Vera Nieuwenhuis)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 26, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO \u2014 The Toronto Maple Leafs have the top pick in tonight\u2019s NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian forward Gavin McKenna is expected to be taken with the first overall selection.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs, who won the draft lottery last month, could also use the pick on Swedish forward Ivar Stenberg.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks hold the second pick. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn State forward Gavin McKenna plays in an NCAA hockey regional game against Minnesota Duluth on March 27,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,448,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-762240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}