Over the course of the last three years or so, the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed a crop of players out of European pro leagues. Here’s a rundown of who the Leafs have brought overseas over the past few years.
Nikita Zaitsev (D)
Calle Rosen (D)
Andreas Borgman (D)
Miro Aaltonen (F)
Par Lindholm (F)
Igor Ozhiganov (D)
Ilya Mikheyev (F)
Out of all of these players, the only one the Leafs really hit on was Ilya Mikheyev. They got only one good year out of Nikita Zaitsev, and the other five never really found their stride with the organization.