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In search of a 17-year-old Zach Werenski, the Maple Leafs took a shine to a 22-year-old college teammate named Zach Hyman.
This is how it works sometimes in sports. You shop for one thing, you find something else. The Leafs knew they were going to be picking early in the 2015 NHL entry draft. They just didn’t know how early when they heavily scouted the University of Michigan’s Werenski at a January tournament.
They came away impressed with Werenski. But they couldn’t stop thinking about Dylan Larkin’s winger on Michigan’s first line.
Ten days before they wound up passing on Werenski and Noah Hanifin to select Mitch Marner with the fourth pick in the draft, Kyle Dubas, then acting general manager after the firing of Dave Nonis, phoned Florida GM Dale Tallon just to check in.