Toronto Marlies GM Ryan Hardy on Leafs prospect Curtis Douglas: “He is 22 years old with a 6’8 body… If we can have patience, when he gets to be 24 or 25 years old, he can be a tremendous asset to this organization”

Bobby McMann and Curtis Douglas came into the season on AHL deals and ended up signing an NHL contract. What stood out to you about them this year?

Hardy: They have a lot of similarities in that they are young players who came in. Experience-wise, I was looking, and I think our three centers that we most primarily deployed were Douglas, SDA, and Abramov. I looked and they had a combined 17 AHL games. They were carrying the mail for us down the middle, which was impressive.

For Bobby and Curtis in particular, it is their work ethic, their mindset of wanting to get information from the staff, wanting to apply the information they’re given, a hunger to compete, a hunger to continue to grow, and a willingness to get better every day.