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The NHL Amateur Entry Draft is well known to have a few surprises each year.  Of course, when it comes to the First Round, the picks are usually well thought out and researched.  USUALLY.  Check out the atrocious first round draft history of the Leafs.  It's no wonder they haven't even made the Stanley Cup Final since 1967.

bullet 1969 - Ernie Moser (9th overall) - could have had Ivan Boldirev (11th overall).
bullet 1973 - Bob Neely (10th overall) - could have had Rick Middleton (14th overall).
bullet 1974 - Jack Valiquette (13th overall) - could have had Dave Maloney (14th overall).
bullet 1977 - Trevor Johansen (12th overall) - could have had Mike Bossy (15th overall).
bullet 1981 - Jim Benning (6th overall) - could have had Grant Fuhr (8th overall).
bullet 1982 - Gary Nylund (3rd overall) - could have had Scott Stevens (5th overall).
bullet1987 - Luke Richardson (7th overall) - could have had Joe Sakic (15th overall).
bullet 1988 - Scott Pearson (6th overall) - could have had Jeremy Roenick (8th overall).
bullet 1989 - Scott Thornton (3rd overall) - could have had Bill Guerin (5th overall).
bullet 1989 - Steve Bancroft (21st overall) - could have had Adam Foote (22nd overall).
bullet1990 - Drake Berehowsky (10th overall) - could have had Keith Tkachuk (19th overall)
bullet1992 - Brandon Convery (8th overall) - could have had Sergei Gonchar (14th overall)
bullet1993 - Landon Wilson (19th overall) - could have had Saku Koivu (21st overall).
bullet 1994 - Eric Fichaud (16th overall) - could have had Dan Cloutier (26th overall).
bullet 1995 - Jeff Ware (15th overall) - could have had Petr Sykora (18th overall).
bullet 1998 - Nikolai Antropov (10th overall) - could have had Alex Tanguay (12th overall).
bullet 1999 - Luca Cereda (24th overall) - could have had Martin Havlat (26th overall).