The last 365 days have made for an odd year for the Maple Leafs.



They bottomed out and yet they hit their highest highs in years. They won only 13 of their final 44 games but they gave one of the NHL’s most beleaguered fan bases more hope than they have had in decades.



They recognized their past as they approached the 100th year in franchise history while setting the table for their future.



It was a bad year, in a sense. But one that brought so much good.



You get the idea. Here are my choices for the 10 moments that defined the Leafs in 2016:1. Winning the draft lotteryApril 30: Brendan Shanahan had a smile like the Cheshire Cat, as he stood in that TV studio in downtown Toronto. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly had just flipped over his card – the Leafs card – and for the first time in 31 years, the Leafs had the first overall pick in the draft. Despite bottoming out and finishing 30th in the NHL, Toronto had...