On The Bleachers Central

The Past: The Toronto Maple Leafs are an organization that have been able to truly build their club from the ground up of late, and have been able to develop one of the most successful and competitive early rebuilding rosters of the modern era. They have been able to develop this franchise with an equal balance of three groups of players, which are: successful and prominent draft picks, which have flourished at the NHL level through their early stages, a handful of veterans signed to guide and educate these young players in their transition to the NHL, and keeping some of their core pieces from their 2013 Stanley Cup playoff run, to add some playoff experience for it’s future endeavours. Through the transition of going from what is sometimes referred to as a “basement team”, to becoming a competitive, playoff-bound team for back-to-back seasons, the Maple Leafs management have been able to lock up some of their most important players, playing internal parts to the t