Rask sets Maple Leafs record

Tuukka Rask has had an impressive career between the pipes for the Boston Bruins, but his latest accolade has nothing to do with the current team he plays for. Rask is now at the top of the list for wins by a goaltender drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to Stanley Cup of Chowder; "Since drafting Rask in 2005, the Leafs have drafted 7 goalies. If you add all 7 of those goalies' wins together, they almost have enough to equal half of Rask's win total."

As for the official list of goalies drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs with the most wins in their career, it now looks like this:

Tuukka Rask* - 267

Felix Potvin - 266

Ken Wregget - 225

Mike Palmateer - 149

James Reimer - 146

* indicates a player who never played a single game with the franchise

The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Rask in the first round, 21st overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. However, before playing a regular season game for Toronto, he was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for former Calder Memorial Trophy-winning goaltender Andrew Raycroft. Toronto management had deemed Justin Pogge their potential goaltender of the future, meaning Rask was expendable. Rask won the Vezina Trophy in 2014 as the league's best goaltender and has a Stanley Cup ring which he won with the Bruins in 2011, although to be fair, he was backup goalie to Tim Thomas at that time.

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