As the Toronto Maple Leafs preseason wrapped up with a solid 3-2 win over their division rivals Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night, they can all now turn their focus and attention to the upcoming 2024-25 NHL season.
Over the course of the past couple of weeks in training camp, the Toronto Maple Leafs have more or less gotten a good feel of the current group of core players that they will be moving ahead with for this year.
With a good mixture of new faces, young and promising prospects, along with key returning star players and veterans, the Leafs certainly appear to be ready and set for yet another hopeful Stanley Cup run.
But among the group, there has been a select few that seemed to be gearing towards a potentially huge breakout for the upcoming season.
In doing so, they could actually end up becoming important difference makers for the team over the course of 2024-25 to put them over the top once and for all.
As a result, let’s take a closer look at three promising candidates from the current Maple Leafs roster that seemed destined for a big year ahead.