The Toronto Maple Leafs are dangerously close to becoming a contender in the NHL's Eastern Conference. Despite some early-season valleys, the club has been peaking over the past month or so.
The Leafs are just two points out of first in the Atlantic Division and five points out of the conference lead heading into Tuesday night's action. The team has been an offensive juggernaut. Other than the Tampa Bay Lightning, no team has scored as often as the Leafs.
Offence has come from both the defence corps and the forward group. While a number of forwards have spent time on the team's top two lines, a group has emerged to fill the key offensive roles for the team. Because he's out due to injury, we'll exclude Leo Komarov from this list despite his hybrid status as a second- or third-line winger.
Let's do a stock watch for the Leafs' top six forwards.
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Stock Watch for Top 6 Forwards for the Toronto Maple Leafs
December 16th, 2014 by James Onusko Leave a reply »
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