Leafs Win Draft Lottery, Blues Land 15th After Red Wings Pick

The draft board just got a lot more interesting, and Toronto came out of the lottery with the kind of luck that can reshape a summer. St. Louis, meanwhile, has to work with the Red Wings' pick and the reality that draft night always rewards the teams that do their homework before the ping-pong balls start bouncing. The first domino has fallen, but the real movement starts when front offices begin trading up, trading down, and pretending they were “always comfortable” with the original plan.