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2023 NHL Draft

Easton Cowan in the 2023 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Easton Cowan 28th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 3 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 83 games put him 12th in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 43.

Overall pick
28
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 28
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 25–31 in the 2023 draft

  1. 25Otto StenbergC35 GP · 11 PSTL
  2. 26Quentin MustyLSJS
  3. 27Calum RitchieC80 GP · 33 PCOL
  4. 28Easton CowanR83 GP · 43 PTOR
  5. 29Theo LindsteinD23 GP · 6 PSTL
  6. 30Bradly NadeauL18 GP · 6 PCAR
  7. 31Mikhail GulyayevDCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2023 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2023 class

28th
of 224 players selected
22nd
of 129 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Connor BedardC230 GP · 215 PCHI
  2. 2Leo CarlssonC218 GP · 167 PANA
  3. 3Adam FantilliC228 GP · 146 PCBJ
  4. 4Will SmithC161 GP · 115 PSJS
  5. 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTL
  6. 6Dmitri SimashevD45 GP · 6 PARI
  7. 7Matvei MichkovR179 GP · 127 PPHI
  8. 8Ryan LeonardR98 GP · 56 PWSH
  9. 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDET
  10. 10Dalibor DvorskyR89 GP · 26 PSTL

+ 214 more

The 2023 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Easton Cowan made his NHL debut on October 13, 2025, 2 years and 107 days after the draft.

83
Games
17
Goals
26
Assists
43
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2023 draft

  1. 28Easton CowanR83 GP · 43 PTOR
  2. 153Hudson MalinoskiCTOR
  3. 185Noah ChadwickDTOR