This is a pretty ugly forward group. The reason we've had such a good development program the past few years is because we've always had solid mid-range prospects being groomed with the Marlies (although to be fair, I guess most of our prospects are in Europe or the NCAA right now). I hope Hardie gets a good look - I wanted him on draft day and he could be a really interesting player to bring into our system
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Forwards
LW Nick Robertson – C Adam Brooks – RW Joey Anderson
LW Kenny Agostino – C Kalle Kossila – RW Justin Brazeau
LW Hudson Elynuik – C Rourke Chartier – RW Jeremy McKenna
LW Pavel Gogolev – C Tyler Gaudet – RW Scott Pooley
LW Rich Clune/C Colt Conrad/RW Gordie Green/C Bobby McMann
LW James Hardie (PTO)/LW Zack Trott (PTO)/RW Keegan Stevenson (PTO)/RW Cole MacKay (PTO)
Defensemen
LD Rasmus Sandin – RD Timothy Liljegren
LD Calle Rosen – RD Mac Hollowell
LD Teemu Kivihalme – RD Joseph Duszak
LD Kristians Rubins – RD David Warsofsky
LD Riley McCourt
G Ian Scott – G Kai Edmonds
G Andrew D’Agostini
Liljegren is currently with the Leafs but I imagine he will be sent back down soon. They are clearly making this an open tryout for most spots but it gives the Marlies an opportunity to see what they have in their AHL deals so they know who is just ECHL-bound depth and who can legitimately fill a spot for the Marlies next year. There will be an influx of prospects coming in next year up front (Abramov, Hallander, SDA, possibly Amirov) and many of these guys are not going to come back next year, so they are figuring out who should come back and which holes they will need to fill out with AHL veterans.
Robertson may be gone after a few games, but that just opens up another spot for a young guy to get good minutes (unless Petan comes back to the Marlies, but he should probably stick with the Leafs full time as of right now).