Calvin Pickard unveils his first Toronto Maple Leafs mask

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Calvin Pickard , Instagram/daveart

A lot of hockey fans were expecting the Colorado Avalanche to protect Calvin Pickard over Semyon Varlamov when the NHL Expansion Draft rolled around, but they decided to stick with the veteran instead.

As expected, Pickard was claimed by the Golden Knights in the Expansion Draft but he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs a few months later.

Now that the 25-year-old is a member of the Maple Leafs organization, Pickard retired his Golden Knights mask and had a new one made up to match his new blue and white uniforms.

Calvin Pickard’s new Toronto Maple Leafs mask is a classic 2in1 design🍁. Classic retro on a distance, and loaded with details and storytelling when you come closer👀. The design is built on contrasts with the awesome blue maple leaf. It is created with thousands and thousands of blue dots🔵, mixed with brush stroke tech🖌. And the 4-D FX✨ delivers a unique touch to the concept. Thanks Calvin! I love to be your personal mask creator!🙏🏻😊 @calvinpickard @mapleleafs @torontomarlies #DaveArt @nhl @daveart #nhl @theahl #DaveArtTheCradleOfCreativity

A post shared by David Gunnarsson (@daveart) on Nov 3, 2017 at 1:34pm PDT

Pickard’s new Maple Leafs mask was designed by David Gunnarsson and looks very sharp as it has an old school meets new school type of feel.

Calvin Pickard’s new Toronto Maple Leafs mask is a classic 2in1 design🍁. Classic retro on a distance, and loaded with details and storytelling when you come closer👀. The design is built on contrasts with the awesome blue maple leaf. It is created with thousands and thousands of blue dots🔵, mixed with brush stroke tech🖌. And the 4-D FX✨ delivers a unique touch to the concept. Thanks Calvin! I love to be your personal mask creator!🙏🏻😊 @calvinpickard @mapleleafs @torontomarlies #DaveArt @nhl @daveart #nhl @theahl #DaveArtTheCradleOfCreativity

A post shared by David Gunnarsson (@daveart) on Nov 3, 2017 at 1:26pm PDT

The former second round draft pick has played three games with the Toronto Marlies and is 1-2 with a 3.44 goals against average and a .892 save percentage.

(H/T Instagram/daveart)