The Toronto Maple Leafs will be a fascinating team to watch this week and next -- and not just because they'll own the spotlight with the first overall pick in the draft Friday night in Buffalo.

The rebuilding Leafs also have the 30th, 31st and 57th picks among 12 selections in this week's draft. They've also got three second-round picks, plus their first-round selection, coming in 2017; all are a result of the team selling off parts over the past two seasons.

The question is whether some of those picks either this week or next year all become Maple Leafs prospects or some are dealt away in trades to upgrade the team?

Veteran Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello said Monday his team is ready for both options.

"Certainly we're ready to draft. [Leafs director of player personnel] Mark Hunter and his group have done a tremendous job -- they’re ready," Lamoriello said over the phone. "But if opportunities come about, you certainly have to be open to them."

The bottom line is that the Leafs are open for business.

By now, we all know that Lamoriello is never going to tip his hand, so who knows exactly what the Leafs brass has in store for this week. But aside from the No. 1 pick -- Auston Matthews is the projected top pick, with Patrik Laine a close second -- I would suggest all bets are off otherwise as the team continues to try to find ways to build its foundation.

That includes goaltending; there's been much speculation that the Leafs might try to improve there with Jonathan Bernier entering the final year of his contract. Update: The Leafs obtained Frederik Andersen from the Anaheim Ducks for a first-round pick in 2016 and a second-round pick in 2017 Monday afternoon.

"Jonathan played very well at the end of the year," Lamoriello said when asked about upgrading his goaltending. "But I think we have to look at everything if we can get better, whether it's goaltending, whether it's defense, whether it's forwards. We did end up 30th in the league. There's nothing that we cannot or should not be looking at, no matter what it is, to get better. Wherever we can get better, we have to do that but not outside the framework of what we're going to do. It's an overused word, but the 'plan.' We're not going to rush anything, but whatever can be done will be done."

And that's perhaps the most telling thing Lamoriello said in our interview Monday morning: Despite the excitement building for this revamping roster, Leafs management says it's not going to skip steps on the way to the long-term goal of building a team that contends for years.

Easier said than done, of course.

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