Digging Deep into the 46 Players the Toronto Maple Leafs Signed This Week

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CALGARY, AB – MARCH 2: Nick Shore #25 of the Calgary Flames skates against the New York Rangers during an NHL game on March 2, 2018 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Nick Shore

Shore is the cream of the crop here. His banishment to the KHL last year was almost Cody Franson levels of mystery and stupidity.

I even wrote over a year ago about how the Toronto Maple Leafs should sign him, so I was pleasantly surprised when they did.

Shore doesn’t score much, but he’s pretty good at everything else.

He should be shoe-in to make the roster, and with Matthews, Tavares, Marner, Nylander, Keroot, Spezza, and Shore, the Leafs have seven of their twelve forwards as natural centres.

You can’t overstate how much of an advantage that is. Nick Shore is a fantastic signing and further evidence of Kyle Dubas’ genius.

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