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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 General manager John Chayka and the Toronto Maple Leafs are on the clock in having the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft on Friday night, and with Penn State forward Gavin McKenna regarded as the top prospect.<\/p>\n

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For the newly hired Chayka, the selection provides him the next opportunity to help reshape one of the NHL\u2019s marquee franchises, which suddenly is in transition following a last-place finish in the Atlantic Division. Chayka already has hired a new coach in Jim Hiller and last week acquired defenseman Darren Raddysh in a sign-and-trade deal with Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s a matter of restocking the Maple Leafs\u2019 youth in the same downtown Buffalo arena where Toronto selected star Auston Matthews with the first pick in the 2016 draft.<\/p>\n

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McKenna is a prolific play-making right winger, who is from Whitehorse, Yukon. Among the other top prospects are Sweden left winger Ivar Stenberg, center Caleb Malhotra and a host of defensemen: Alberts Smits of Latvia, North Dakota\u2019s Keaton Verhoeff and Chase Reid, the top-ranked U.S.-born prospect.<\/p>\n

Barring trades, rounding out the top five selections are San Jose at No. 2, followed by Vancouver, Buffalo and the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n

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AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NHL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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