STAY SAFE ONLINE with ExpressVPN, the internet's #1 trusted virtual private network! Get 3 MONTHS FREE @ https://www.expressvpn.com/legorocks99 #ad SUPPORT the channel with SUPER THANKS! Contributors will be recognized with individualized comments, and my sincerest gratitude. CLICK the "$ THANKS" button to get started! Let's talk about Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews, and whether or not he'll leave the Leafs in free agency in two years. Article: https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/traikos-could-auston-matthews-pull-a-gaudreau-and-walk-away-from-the-maple-leafs-in-a-couple-of-years This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows: 1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky 2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec 3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley 4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright 5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier 6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek 7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski 8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper 9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie 10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov 11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie 12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk 13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar 14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty 15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki 16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund 17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell 18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel 19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren 20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko 21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering 22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher 23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud 24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov 25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel 26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar 27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt 28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich 29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux 30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert 31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard 32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals. Auston Matthews was the top NHL prospect at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The 2016 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows: 1st - Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews 2nd - Winnipeg Jets, Patrik Laine 3rd - Columbus Blue Jackets, Pierre-Luc Dubois 4th - Edmonton Oilers, Jesse Puljujarvi 5th - Vancouver Canucks, Olli Juolevi 6th - Calgary Flames, Matthew Tkachuk 7th - Arizona Coyotes, Clayton Keller 8th - Buffalo Sabres, Alexander Nylander 9th - Montreal Canadiens, Mikhail Sergachev 10th - Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Jost 11th - Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils), Logan Brown 12th - New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators), Michael McLeod 13th - Carolina Hurricanes, Jake Bean 14th - Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy 15th - Minnesota Wild, Luke Kunin 16th - Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Chychrun 17th - Nashville Predators, Dante Fabbro 18th - Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers), Logan Stanley 19th - New York Islanders, Kieffer Bellows 20th - Detroit Red Wings (from New York Rangers via Arizona Coyotes), Dennis Cholowski 21st - Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings), Julien Gauthier 22nd - Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks via Winnipeg Jets), German Rubtsov 23rd - Florida Panthers, Henrik Borgstrom 24th - Anaheim Ducks, Max Jones 25th - Dallas Stars, Riley Tufte 26th - St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals), Tage Thompson 27th - Tampa Bay Lightning, Brett Howden 28th - Washington Capitals (from St. Louis Blues), Lucas Johansen 29th - Boston Bruins (from San Jose Sharks), Trent Frederic 30th - Anaheim Ducks (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Steel Twitter: @LR99Gaming Portfolio: http://giopalermo.ca/ Twitch: legorocks99 Hi. I'm "Gio Palermo", also known as "legorocks99" ("legorocks99Gaming", "LR99Gaming", or "LR99"). I post video game commentaries on YouTube revolving around "hockey", with a primary focus on "Vancouver Canucks", "Montreal Canadiens", "Detroit Red Wings", and top "NHL prospects" topics. These videos are uploaded with "NHL 21" gameplay in the background. I enjoy making these videos and I hope that you enjoy watching them! legorocks99 and all its denominations function under "Gio Palermo Media Inc."