Toronto doesn't have a good recent history of drafting and developing NHL defencemen, but this duo could change that.

If Ben Danford or Noah Chadwick — or, better yet, both — one day patrol the Maple Leafs blue line, it would buck a recent trend. Article content

The Leafs undoubtedly would take no issue with it. Article content Article content

It’s a short list, a really short list, of homegrown defencemen who will suit up for the Leafs in 2025-26.

It starts and ends with Morgan Rielly, selected fifth overall by the Leafs in 2012 and about to embark on his 13th season in Toronto.

No matter the Leafs general manager for the past several years — and this certainly includes Kyle Dubas, who could do no wrong in the minds of some — the drafting and development of defencemen has borne l

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