Toronto Maple Leafs:Travis Dermott’s Impressive Rookie Stats

The Toronto Maple Leafs have recently promoted Travis Dermott to the NHL.

Travis Dermott played his first NHL game for the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 6th, and picked up an assist. At first, he was going to be a rotating member of a group that included Connor Carricck and Andreas Borgman, but soon proved to be so effective that that idea was almost immediately abandoned.

Dermott has been a regular ever since, and scored his first career NHL goal January 31st against the Islanders. So far, that’s his only one, but the consensus seems to be that he has transformed the Leafs defense from a position of weakness to one of strength, and so I thought it would be worthwhile to look into his stats…