Today the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Nick Abruzzese to a two-year ELC. ELC length is governed by age at signing. The AAV is $850,000.
“As an organization, we’re very thankful to Harvard head coach Ted Donato and his staff for their job developing Nick,” said Maple Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas. “Harvard’s academic reputation precedes itself but is also an elite hockey development program as evidenced by the number of players they have developed into National Hockey League players.”
Abruzzese, 22 (soon to be 23) was drafted in 2019 in the fourth round, out of Chicago Steel of the USHL.