Due to a cap-crunch, the Toronto Maple Leafs will have to look to a slew of rookies with entry-level contracts who look to make an impact with the blue and white.
This upcoming training camp, there will be a number of rookie skaters looking to make a jump to the NHL level and make an impact with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Due to a dwindling amount of cap space, a great way to keep quality players on the roster is with entry-level contracts that come in at a very low cap-hit.
Today we take a look at a number of skaters; Nick Robertson, Alexander Barabanov, Mikko Lehtonen, Egor Korshkov, and Adam Brooks who, when camp arrives will possibly have a chance of making the Leafs roster.
While only three of the five players discussed today will be considered real ‘rookies’ under the NHL’s guidelines, (Robertson, Korshkov, and Brooks), the other two will still be starting their NHL careers this year and we can still consider them rookies for the sake of this piece. We’ll profile all of them and will see what their outlook and potential will look like for the 2020-21 season and beyond.