My Toronto Maple Leafs Roster
Here we go! My totally compliant Toronto Maple Leafs roster:
Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Kerfoot-Tavares-Nylander
Engvall-Howden-Chiasson
Dahlen-Kampf-Gagner
Rielly-Brodie
Muzzin-Liljegren
Giordano-Sandin
Holl
Murray
Comrie
Hopefully some prospects like Nick Robertson and Nick Abruzzese will rise up at take a spot or two at some point in the season as well.
Whether or not this is an upgrade to where they started last season really depends on the goaltending. Petr Mrazek was terrible. Will Matt Murray bounce back? Jack Campbell was good, but Eric Comrie could become even better.
Last season, the Toronto Maple Leafs started with Travis Dermott and this year they have Mark Giordano. Jake Muzzin may take a step back, but Rasmus Sandin and Timothy Liljegren should take big steps forward. I’d say the blueline is better to start the season.
Ilya Mikheyev, Ondrej Kase and Jason Spezza will be missed, but adding Howden, Chiasson, Gagner and Dahlen may not be bad either. Honestly, I think it’s a toss-up. If they sign a bunch of guys on cheap deals, they should find enough gems to improve. It worked last year when they signed Michael Bunting, David Kampf and Ondrej Kase.
Again, this list is very subjective. I’m not a professional NHL executive, but the Toronto Maple Leafs have plenty of those and whatever they do, I’m sure it’ll be better than my best guesses. I can’t wait to see what happens.