
Adam Brooks
He was OK in his 11 games and 100 minutes. He scored 4 goals, which is almost certainly just good luck, but he deserves a shot at a full-time job. I’d rather watch him than a bunch of guys in their late thirties who get by on their names.
Grade: B+
Alex Galchenyuk
He has the talent to contribute, but he also makes blind passes in overtime and is partially why I’m not waiting another month to do this post.
Grade: C
Jimmy Vesey
Next.
Grade: F
Travis Boyd
For a while he was the next Hyman, and then he wasn’t and now is never gonna be.
Grade: C
Alex Barabanov
I would have liked to seen what he could have done if given the chance to actually earn playing time. Unfortunately, the Leafs played a bunch of ex-stars with zero upside over him.
Grade: a Keefe-Assisted F (not his fault at all)
Nick Foligno
Is there a grade lower than an F? Cause if so, I’d like to give it out here. What makes this so frustrating is I knew it was a terrible idea, but I bought into the hype.
Grade: F-
Petan, Robertson, Anderson, Agostino, Sabourin, Noseum and Nash
They receive incompletes, except for Nash who gets a F through no fault of his own. If there was one thing I have ever been right about, it’s that you shouldn’t gift an injured player who has never played on your team a roster spot in the playoffs when he hasn’t played for six weeks, and even under the best of circumstances scores so little that his elite-level defense barely earns him a fourth line job. I said that was a bad move from the outset, and for once, I was right. What a garbage decision.
Those are the grades of your Toronto Maple Leafs forwards. Look for management, goalie and defense grades in the coming days.