2022-2023 Toronto Maple Leafs Player Grades: Part 3

#5. Bobby McMann

Stats with the Leafs:

Regular Season:

Games Played: 10

Goals: 0

Assists: 1

Playoffs:

Games Played: 0

Contract Status:

Signed through 2023-24 at $762,500K AAV on a two-way deal.

Overall Thoughts:

McMann is a plugger and he’s fun to watch. The guy skates with enthusiasm and loves to use his body. Okay, so he only dressed for 10 games with the Maple Leafs and accumulated one meager assist. But, he had a few goals called back and was always around the action.

There is a noticeable high degree of physicality in his game. McMann can also be sent down to the American Hockey League without getting plucked off the waiver wire by another club. He may stick around for longer periods this coming season, because he accounts for the smallest percentage of the team’s salary cap imaginable.

He also injects some energy into the flow of the game and seems like the type of grinder that could come through when the stakes are high. Remember those weeknight games against bottom-feeder teams, when the Leafs played down to their opponent?

McMann could help in those situations, simply because he doesn’t know any better. Every time he’s on the ice, he looks like a kid who just wants to play.