{"id":762408,"date":"2026-06-26T12:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762408\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:23:15","slug":"on-the-clock-toronto-maple-leafs-hold-top-pick-in-nhl-draft-tonight-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762408\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs hold top pick in NHL Draft tonight \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUFFALO \u2013 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>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3dcce7cae0903d402067d0jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"3240\" data-pswp-height=\"2160\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3dcce7cae0903d402067d0jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"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)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPenn 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>The San Jose Sharks hold the second pick.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Canucks will pick third, ahead of the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779296989_228_onsports-tile-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Mike McIntyre | On Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The draft will be held over two days at KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 26, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO \u2013 The Toronto Maple Leafs have the top pick in tonight\u2019s NHL Draft. Canadian forward Gavin McKenna&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-762408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762408","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=762408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}