Fansided · Sep 24, 2021
Why Do the Toronto Maple Leafs Give Fringe Players a Shot?
The Toronto Maple Leafs training camp began this week.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had one of their least active summers in recent memory. After losing to the Montreal Canadiens in seven games (in one of the least likely, flukiest results in NHL history) the Leafs were content to tinker at the margins and return with mostly the same team.
Given the terribly desperate and shortsighted moves that dominated the summer (OEL, Seth Jones, Zach Hyman, Ristolainen, etc.) the Leafs were probably smart to stay out of the fray.
One thing they did, however, was give training camp tryouts to two former highly touted potential stars whose careers have not gone as expected.
The question is why?