Some Players did better on a Different Team than the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Every season and offseason, the Toronto Maple Leafs see players come and go off their roster. For example, this offseason they brought in Wayne Simmonds, T.J. Brodie, Joe Thornton among others. While those are the new arrivals, they had to say bye to guys like Tyson Barrie, Cody Ceci, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson and others.
From 2018-2019, the roster situation in bringing in new guys and letting others go was no different. While it was tough to let go of some players, it was done for the better of the franchise as they seek to win a Stanley Cup for the first time since 1967.
This article will look at players who played on the Leafs during the 2018-19 season but were not apart of the team for this past year. Specifically, it will compare how they did on their last season with the Leafs to their first season with their new team.
Nazem Kadri
Nazem Kadri was traded to the Colorado Avalanche as part of the trade that brought back Barrie. Prior to being traded, Kadri played in 73 games where he scored 16 goals with 28 assists along with spending 43 minutes in the penalty box. He took 184 shots on net, averaged 16:11 a night and recorded 85 hits.
In his first season in the Mile High City, he appeared in 51 games with 19 goals, 17 assists and spent a whopping 97 minutes in the box. He took 133 shots, averaged 17:26 on the ice and totaled 61 hits.
He had more points in the blue and white but took on more of a goal scoring role in Colorado.