Scan around the Toronto Maple Leafs Internet for a while here in late July while we wait to see where Justin Holl is getting traded to, and one thing that jumps out in conversations is the second-line left-wing spot.
The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t really improved their team this summer (though to be fair, they were already a great team and most likely still are) and the second-line left-wing spot seems an obvious spot to do so.
They currently have Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, John Tavares and Michael Bunting guaranteed to take up five of the six available spots, which makes sense, because every one of them is among the best players in the NHL (or in the case of Michael Bunting, at least they were last year).