Posts About "Nick Abruzzese"
5 Maple Leafs Prospects Fans Should Keep An Eye On
November 24th, 2020 Since their rebuild started, the Toronto Maple Leafs have put an emphasis on acquiring draft picks and developing their top prospects. Despite being a consistent playoff team, they aren’t taking that for granted as they continue to stockpile potential NHL talent. We know the big names that headline their pipeline. Nick...
Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Bettman, Abruzzese, Bilyalov & More
September 20th, 2020 In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll take a look at what NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman had to say in his annual state of the NHL press conference. I’ll then look at Maple Leafs prospect Nick Abruzzese to wonder about difficult decisions he might have to make. Related: Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews Is...
Maple Leafs' Nick Abruzzese: Small in Stature, Huge in Brain & Skill
June 12th, 2020 For Nick Abruzzese’s former coach with the USHL’s Chicago Steel and now Toronto Marlies’ coach Greg Moore, the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect’s success is simple. “Nick has a lot of tools, but what separates him from everyone else is his brain,” Moore posited. (from Mind over matter: The gift that defines Maple Leafs prospect...
Maple Leafs' Top 5 Prospects
April 15th, 2020 It’s no secret that the Toronto Maple Leafs have put a major emphasis on drafting and developing top quality prospects. The team’s pool was chock-full of high-end elite talent which included the likes of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander. At one point, they had one of the best prospect pools before they all made the...
Maple Leafs 2019 NHL Draft Picks: Grading Abruzzese, Koster & Loponen
March 25th, 2020 As I noted in a recent post, the Toronto Maple Leafs are similar to other NHL teams in that they build their roster in several ways, including free agency, trading current players for others, and through the NHL’s annual Entry Draft. During the 2019 draft, the team entered without a first-round pick; however, general manager Kyle...
