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Top 5 Most Valuable Players on the Toronto Maple Leafs This Season

By Joseph Zita

SUNRISE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 27: The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate with Zach Hyman #11 of the Toronto Maple Leafs after he scored a goal against the Florida Panthers during the first period at BB&T Center on February 27, 2020 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
SUNRISE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 27: The Toronto Maple Leafs celebrate with Zach Hyman #11 of the Toronto Maple Leafs after he scored a goal against the Florida Panthers during the first period at BB&T Center on February 27, 2020 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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ST. LOUIS, MO. – DECEMBER 07: Toronto Maple Leafs center Jason Spezza  Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Toronto Maple Leafs were having an up-and-down year before the season was put on hold. 

It was quite the season for the Toronto Maple Leafs before it came to a complete stop due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

From a poor start, to the firing of Babcock, to a hot start with Keefe, to a slow down with Keefe, and oh did I mention countless injuries too?

There were some key contributors for the team this season, some having career years, and some just being consistent throughout it all.

I’ll be going over my top 5 Toronto Maple Leafs MVP’s from the 2019-20 season so far, and if the season is indeed over then here are my top 5 MVP’s from this past season.

Before I start I had one player just miss the top 5 list, and in my opinion he has been a key part of the Maple Leafs bottom 6 consistently this year so I had to include him in this. Jason Spezza ladies and gentlemen.

Honorable Mention Jason Spezza

As my honorable mention I have the home town vet, Jason Spezza. Yes I know Spezza isn’t the best player on the team, but in my opinion he has been one of the most consistent players on the team and he’s playing 3rd/4th line minutes a night as well as 2nd power play unit minutes.

Spezza was brought to Toronto in the 2019 off-season when he signed a one year contract worth $700,000K and man… that is a great price for a player like Spezza. (Stats from CapFriendly.com)

Spezza’s Stats

Jason Spezza – 36 years old – Center/Right Wing

Throughout the 2019-20 season Jason Spezza has had a very good and consistent season for the kind of minutes he has been given.

Stats – GP 58 –  9G – 16A – 25 PTS (Stats from NHL.com)

To start the season Jason Spezza was sat out of the home opener against his former team the Ottawa Senators who drafted him back in 2001.

To this day I don’t know why then head coach Mike Babcock did that, and a lot of people were wondering what Jason Spezza’s role would truly be on this Toronto Maple Leafs team.

Well fast forward to 58 games played for the 36 year old and he has been one of the most consistent, and all around one of the great guys on this team (given the minutes he plays)

Aside from Spezza’s play on the ice, I can for sure say that he has had a tremendous impact to the younger players off the ice as well. Yes John Tavares is the captain, and Matthews, Marner, and Rielly have the “A” but a player like Jason Spezza and the amount of games he has played and just the type of guy he is, he has truly been a leader off the ice just as much as he has been on the ice.

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