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The Leafs are a lock. No, we ran the lottery simulator 10 times – and lo and behold, the Leafs ended up with the No. 1 pick four times, the only team to land in the No. 1 slot more than once. After all, the only draft lottery that matters is the one performed by the NHL next Saturday, April 30 -- and it's a one-shot winner-take-Auston set-up, not a keep-trying-until-your-team-hits-the-Matthews-motherlode.