The Toronto Maple Leafs rookie is simply one of the better forwards on this team so it only makes sense.
The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and yet head coach Craig Berube isn't icing his best lineup on a regular basis.
Before the season, there would have been a whole collection of Leafs fans who thought that rookie Easton Cowan should spend almost the entire season in the AHL. Considering he wasn't destroying the competition in the OHL in a Marner or Strome-esque way, the consensus was that he might take some time getting used to the speed of professional hockey.