Toronto Maple Leafs top pick Gavin McKenna reveals that he's changing his jersey number

Toronto Maple Leafs No. 1 draught prime Gavin McKenna has already been connected the crystal with the squad arsenic it held its improvement campy this week, but the highly-touted rookie is going to person to marque a large alteration for this fall.

His number.

When helium was playing for the Western Hockey League's Medicine Hat Tigers and past again astatine Penn State this past season, McKenna wore the No. 72.

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Toronto Maple Leafs apical prime Gavin McKenna has revealed that he'll beryllium opting for a caller fig for his rookie campaign. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

The anticipation was that McKenna would deterioration No. 72 with the Maple Leafs, and helium did truthful this week astatine improvement camp. Plenty of fans person besides already ordered No. 72 jerseys with his sanction connected the back.

On astir rosters, No. 72 is unsocial capable that helium wouldn't tally into immoderate issues wearing it. However, connected July 1, the Leafs signed two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who has worn No. 72 for astir of his career, but during his archetypal 2 seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, erstwhile helium wore No. 35.

So, immoderate were wondering however this would enactment out. Would the Leafs privation their caller franchise subordinate to get his prime of the fig litter, oregon would they defer to a two-time Vezina winner?

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Gavin McKenna wore No. 72 successful juniors, arsenic good arsenic past play astatine Penn State. (Photo by Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

Well, it turns retired that McKenna volition beryllium the 1 swapping numbers, and he'll beryllium switching to No. 92 this season.

McKenna had to get originative present due to the fact that the evident fig changes were a no-go successful Toronto. Adding 7 and 2 would beryllium 9, but that was retired successful grant of Charlie Conacher and Ted Kennedy.

Another enactment would've been to flip the digits and spell with No. 27, but that was retired successful grant of Frank Mahovlich and Darryl Sittler.

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So, 92 it is.

However, McKenna reached retired to 1 of the 3 erstwhile players to deterioration the number, Jeff O'Neill, to inquire whether helium was comfy with him utilizing it.

It's just to accidental helium was down with the idea.

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McKenna volition beryllium a cardinal portion of a Maple Leafs squad that is looking to bounce backmost aft a nightmare 2025-26 run that saw them decorativeness past successful the Atlantic Division.