I made this a while ago, and thought given Mikey most recent article, I should post this for entertainment purposes. This is a list of all the guys the Leafs passed on. This does NOT include picks they traded, but flat-out players they did NOT take in favour of someone else. The "took" column does not necessarily imply I don't agree with the guy they did take (i.e. Potvin in 1990), but rather it shows the comparisons and options available at the time.
| YEAR | TOOK | AVAILABLE |
| 2002 | Steen | Cam Ward |
| 2001 | Jay Harrison, Brandon Bell Maxim Kondrietev Tomas Mojzis | Ray Emery, Jussi Jokinen, Christobol Huet, Marek Svatos, Martin Gerber |
| 2000 | Miguel Delisle, Mikael Tellqvist | Henrik Lundqvist |
| 1999 | Luca Cereda Jonathon Zion Mirko Murovic | Martin Havlat Ryan Miller Henrik Zetterberg |
| 1998 | Andropov Peter Svoboda Jamie Hodson Ponikarosky | Alex Tanguay Simon Gagne Scott Gomez Jonathan Cheechoo Brad Richards Eric Cole Francois Beauchemin Brian Gionta Andrew Raycroft Pavel Datsyuk |
| 1997 | Jeff Farkas Frank Mrazek Eric Gooldy | Maxim Afiniganov Kyle Calder Matt Cooke Mike York Ladislav Nagy |
| 1996 | Marek Posmyk (D) Chris Bogas (D) (took Kaberle in Rd 8) | Znedo Chara Samuel Pahlsson Pavel Kubina |
| 1995 | Jeff Ware | Martin Biron Mikka Kipprussof Vesa Toskola |
| 1994 | Eric Fichaud Sean Haggardy Frederik Modin | Dan Cloutier Jose Theodore Patrick Elias Milan Hejduk Marty Turco Daniel Alfredsson Evgeni Nabokov Tomas Vokoun Steve Sullivan Richard Zednik |
| 1993 | Kenny Jonsson Landon Wilson Paul Vincent | Jason Allison Saku Koivu Todd Bertuzzi Darcy Tucker Andrew Brunette Patrick Lalime Kimo Timonen |
| 1992 | Brandon Convery Grant Marshall | Sergei Gonchar Martin Straka Mike Peca Jim Carey Manny Fernandez Jeri Lehtonen Nicholai Khabibulin |
| 1991 | Yanic Perrault | Alexi Zhitnik Chris Osgood |
| 1990 | Drake Berehousky Felix Potvin Darby Hendrickson Alexander Godynyuk Eric Lacroix | Martin Brodeur Keith Tkachuk Doug Weight Geoff Sanderson Alexi Zhammnov Sergei Zubov Craig conroy Robert Lang Peter Bondra Sergei Nemchinov |
| 1989 | Scott Thornton Rob Pearson Steve Bancroft Matt Martin | Bill Guerren Bobby Holik Olaf Kolzig Nicklas Lidstrom Sergei Fedorov Pavel Bure Arturs Irbe |
| 1988 | Scott Pearson Tie Domi | Jermey Roenik Teemu Selanne Rod BrindAmour Mark Recchi Rob Blake Alex Mogilny |
| 1987 | Luke Richardson Danial Morois Mike Eastwood | Joe Sakic John Leclair Eric Dejardins Mathie Shneider Theo Fleury |
| 1986 | Vincent Damphousse | Brian Leech Adam Graves |
| 1985 | Ken Sprangler Dave Thomlinson Tim Armstrong | Sean Burke Joe Neiwendyk Mike Richter Bill Ranford Igor Larionov |
| 1984 | Al Iafrate Todd Gill Jeff Reese Derek Laxdal | Gary Roberts Patrick Roy Kirk McLean Brett hull Luc Robitaille Gary Suter |
| 1983 | Russ Countnall Jeff Jackson Dan Hodgeson Greg Rolston | Cam Neely Claude Lemieux Bob Essensa Esa Tikkanan Kevin Stevens Rick Tochet Dominic Hasek |
| 1982 | Gary Nyland Peter Ihnacak Dominic Campedelli | Scott Stevens Phil Housley Dave Andrechyk Pat Verbeek Ron Hextall Tony Granaot Doug Gilmour |
| 1981 | Jim Benning Gary Yaymechuk | Grant Fuhr Al MacI nnis Chris Chellios Mike Vernon John Vanbiesbrouk |
| 1980 | Craig Muni Bob McGill | Don Beupre Kelly Hrudy |
Moral? Hindsight is 20/20, but when it comes to drafting, people actually get paid to do this job, so at some point, there is a fair amount of incompetence here...
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