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The Boston Bruins will not receive the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round pick this year, as the lottery results favor the Maple Leafs. The Bruins' pick will now be pushed to either 2027 or 2028.
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The Boston Bruins will wait for the Toronto Maple Leafsā first-round pick.
The lottery balls bounced in the Toronto Maple Leafsā favor at the NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, which pushes the Bruinsā pick to either 2027 or 2028.
The Bruins still own their first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
The Toronto Maple Leafs won the first lottery, moving up from fifth and winning the first overall pick at the draft in June. Toronto will select with the No. 1 overall pick.
The Bruins and Maple Leafs made a trade at the 2025 deadline, sending defenseman Brandon Carlo to Toronto for Fraser Minten, a first-round pick, and a fourth-round pick. The Bruins turned the fourth-round pick into Vashek Blanar, but will have to wait another year or two to receive the first-rounder.
As part of the deal, the first-round pick was top-five protected. The Maple Leafs finished the season with the fifth-best odds to win the draft lottery on Tuesday (8.5%).
Going into the lottery, there was a 58.2% chance the Bruins would receive the pick this year.
Next season, if the Maple Leafsā pick falls outside of the top 10, they will trade it to the Philadelphia Flyers to complete the Scott Laughton trade. In that situation, the Bruins will get an unprotected first-round pick in 2028 ā they already have two in 2028 (their own, and Floridaās from the ).
The Bruins lost the Maple Leafs' first-round pick due to the favorable outcome of the NHL Draft Lottery for the Maple Leafs.
The Bruins will receive the Maple Leafs' first-round pick in either 2027 or 2028.
The Bruins still own their first-round pick for the 2026 NHL Draft.
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If the Maple Leafsā pick is inside the top 10 next season, they will choose to give their pick to the Bruins or the Flyers. Whoever Toronto does not choose will get an unprotected first-round pick in 2028.
The first round of the NHL draft is scheduled for Friday, June 26, at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY.
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