Leafs to bring 30-player roster to the bubble, including 18-year-old Nick Robertson
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the rest of the teams in contention for the Stanley Cup Playoffs have submitted their 52-person travel lists to the NHL and, as Toronto Sun's Terry Koshan confirms, the Leafs will have 30 players to go along with 22 off-ice personnel present inside the bubble.
As Koshan outlines, the Buds will roll with 4 goaltenders, 10 defensemen and 16 forwards. Interestingly enough, Nick Robertson is still among the 16 forwards, which may not be such a huge surprise, given what an incredible camp the 18-year-old has had.
According to Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe, Robertson will suit up in next week's exhibition match against the Montreal Canadiens. Keefe had expressed his interest in seeing what Robertson was capable of against true NHLers. Should the youngster perform amicably, he may assume a role in the Leafs bottom-six, possibly on a line with speedy, tenacious forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Alex Kerfoot - an assignment that Robertson could be tailor-made for.
Aside from seeing spot duty with Auston Matthews and William Nylander, Jason Spezza and Kyle Clifford and Jason Spezza and Pierre Engvall, Robertson has played the bulk of his time over the last few days at camp on a line with Kerfoot and Kapanen.
It's still very possible that even with a strong showing against Montreal, Keefe may elect to go with experience over youth in the qualifying round, but the fact that we're even having this conversation is pretty exciting. Robertson is believed to be in a battle with Petan, Engvall and Gauthier for a spot in the bottom-six.
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Cutter Gauthier | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Alex Newhook | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alexander Killorn | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Beckett Sennecke | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Zachary Bolduc | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikael Granlund | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Ian Moore | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Phillip Danault | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | 1 | 1 | |
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