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Toronto Maple Leafs: Top 5 Draft Picks of All-Time

By Andrew Bottomley

Jun 24, 2016; Buffalo, NY, USA; Auston Matthews poses for a photo with team officials after being selected as the number one overall draft pick by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2016 NHL Draft at the First Niagra Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2016; Buffalo, NY, USA; Auston Matthews poses for a photo with team officials after being selected as the number one overall draft pick by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2016 NHL Draft at the First Niagra Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 4, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Former Toronto Maple Leafs player Darryl Sittler (27) meets with former Boston Bruins goalie Dave Reece (30) as Sittler is honored on the fortieth anniversary of his record-setting 10-point game during a ceremony before the start of the game against the New Jersey Devils at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /

Darryl Sittler: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft – First Round (eighth overall)

GP: 1096     G: 484     PTS: 1121

For six years, Sittler led the Leafs on the ice as captain. Overall, he spent 12 of his 16 NHL seasons in Toronto,  playing 844 games and registering 916 points.

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In his nine final full seasons as a Leaf, he scored over 30 goals in every single one and over 40 in four of them. In the 1975-76 season, he recorded 100 points, the first Leaf ever to do so.

But, it is not the 389 goals he scored for the Leafs or the four All Star appearances he made that he is most well-known for.

On February 7, 1976, Sittler scored six goals and added four assists against the Boston Bruins. His 10 points in one game is an NHL record that still holds to this day.

In the rafters of the Air Canada Centre, his number, 27, hangs among other Leaf greats. Sittler was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.

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Do you agree with our selections for the top five Leafs draft picks of all time? If not, who else would you include and why? Let us know in the comments section below.

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