The Maple Leafs would-be headline performer is playing against elite players at the highest level in the World Cup of Hockey, while all of their recent picks out of Europe this past draft also won’t be in attendance. Among the four 2016 draftees participating are Adam Brooks, Keaton Middleton, Jack Walker and Nicolas Mattinen.
The 2015 draft class is well represented: Mitch Marner, Travis Dermott, Jeremy Bracco, Andrew Nielsen, Martins Dzierkals, Dmytro Timashov, Stephen Desrocher, and Nikita Korostelev, for eight total.