3 Toronto Maple Leafs Who Have Not Earned Playoff Ice Time
By James Tanner
The Toronto Maple Leafs have used 41 players this season and four goalies who have each played a minimum of five games.
The four goalies with five games each that the Toronto Maple Leafs have used is the most among contending teams, and the 45 total players is tops in the NHL.
The Leafs have spent much of the season as the most injured team in the NHL, and they are clearly the deepest team in hockey, even after losing Pierre Engvall and Rasmus Sandin.
There just are not any other teams that could lose Nick Robertson for the season and not even notice it, or who could have a quality player like Pontus Holmberg and not even use him.
There just isn’t another team with 11 NHL quality defenseman.
And with such depth, comes hard questions.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are going to have to sit players in the playoffs that would be automatic starters on other teams.
Tough decisions loom. The Leafs are going to have to sit good players. Here are three who have not earned anyplayoff ice time.