The Toronto Maple Leafs are at 48 contracts but there are still decent depth players available in the free agent world, some of which may have already been extended PTO’s and some that haven’t.
It doesn’t hurt to take a look at players, even if it’s a Brandon Prust, because there’s no risk due to the lack of official contract.
With nine players, spanned over all eight teams, representing their countries at the World Cup of Hockey it makes sense to bring in players to fill out training camp. That’s exactly what the Leafs have done already with Prust, Hrabarenka and Jeff Glass.