Was The Draft Lottery Rigged For The Maple Leafs? | The Hockey Show

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have missed the Playoffs twice in the last 10 years and have won the Draft Lottery both times. Roy, David, Ethan, and Rose discuss whether that's just a little too fishy or just pure chance. Winning the Draft Lottery may have been the only thing that could save the Leafs from the PR disaster surrounding their new GM hire, which the crew picks apart. Plus, the Tampa Bay Lightning are out of the playoffs, and we are ready to laugh. This week's guest is ESPN legend Steve Levy, who joins the gang to discuss the Maple Leafs further, share stories from the legendary playoff games he has called, and share his thoughts on the early rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Toronto Maple Leafs are a dumpster fire, but they are picking number one overall from that fiery dumpster.
0:05.5	We have Steve Levy on the show.
0:07.0	This is a hockey show.
0:08.6	With David Draug in a hockey News, with Rose, who says that this drug potter is rigged.
0:27.5	And with Ethan Bedowski in the other room, my name is Roy Bellamy.
0:30.0	I thought I heard rigged in stereo.
0:32.2	Yeah.
0:32.9	I don't think she was the only one.
0:38.9	Rigged in stereo? Rigged in stereo? I think she was the only one. Anyway, on Tuesday.
0:40.0	Rigged in stereo.
0:41.4	Rigged in stereo.
0:42.2	I went to a cars reference there.
0:43.6	You like that one, Roy?
0:44.7	I know you liked that one.
0:46.2	Yeah.
0:47.6	Moving in stereo.
0:48.9	On Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leaf won the draft lottery day.
0:52.0	They are picking number one overall.
0:54.1	But let's talk about what happened on Monday because they had the intro press conference with the new general manager, John Chaka, and the new senior advisor, executive advisor, and Matt Seneen.
1:06.9	And a lot of Maple Leafly's fans are happy about that hiring.
1:11.0	Dolphin fans were happy when they hired Dan Marino.
1:27.4	Yeah. How'd that work out? 12 hours later. So I had to quit. But he's back now. You put that thought in my head. I had to mention it. I'm sorry. You being the consummate dolphins fan. Me? Yeah. You've been to Dolphin games with me, sir. Yeah, I have. he's a crazy person at these offense games. Not that bad.
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