Maple Leafs on the clock with No. 1 pick in the NHL draft, with McKenna considered top prospect

BUFFALO, N.Y.

(AP) 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.

For the newly hired Chayka, the selection provides him the next opportunity to help reshape one of the NHLs 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.

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