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Toronto Maple Leafs: 5 Players to Replace Kyle Clifford

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO,ON - DECEMBER 19: Matt Martin #15 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Carolina Hurricanes during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on December 19, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Hurricanes 8-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO,ON - DECEMBER 19: Matt Martin #15 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Carolina Hurricanes during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on December 19, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Hurricanes 8-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – JANUARY 06: Mason Marchment #36 of the Toronto Maple Leafs.. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /

#4. Mason Marchment

The 25-year-old was traded to the Florida Panthers for Denis Malgin earlier this year, but the Leafs should seriously consider bringing him back. He’s someone that Kyle Dubas watched very closely during his time with the Toronto Marlies, so since he already traded him, he might be finished with him forever, but he would be a perfect fourth-line player in Toronto.

Marchment would be an old rookie in the NHL, but he’s getting better every single season. He was on-pace for 44 goals with the Marlies before they shipped him out and can do everything you want in a fourth-line player. At 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, he not only has the size but as we saw in his last AHL season, he has the goal-scoring ability.

He also understands how to win, as he was a main contributor during the Marlies 2018 Calder Cup championship. He may have only scored six goals in 20 playoff games, but two of those came in Game 7 of the Finals, including the game-winning goal.

I know he’d already played three full AHL seasons and is an older prospect, but the fact that they traded him for an undersized winger who didn’t play on the Leafs post-season roster blows my mind. Dubas should make up for his mistake and bring Marchment back immediately.

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