The Leafs rookies (roster yet to be released) travel to Laval next week to play the Ottawa Senators and the Montréal Canadiens rookies over three days.
The Senators released their roster today, and it is some of their contracted players, draft picks and invitees.
Goaltenders:
- Filip Gustavsson (Luleå - SHL, Belleville - AHL)
- Jordan Hollett (Medicine Hat - WHL)
- Kevin Mandolese (Cape Breton - QMJHL)/
Defencemen:
- Jonathan Aspirot (Moncton - QMJHL)
- Charles-Edouard D’Astous (Rimouski - QMJHL)
- Macoy Erkamps (Brampton - ECHL, Belleville - AHL)
- Christian Jaros (Belleville - AHL, Ottawa - NHL)
- Maxime Lajoie (Brampton - ECHL, Belleville - AHL)
- Brady Lyle (North Bay - OHL, Owen Sound - OHL)
- Nicolas Mattinen (Flint - OHL, Hamilton - OHL)
- Chase Stewart (Rimouski - QMJHL)
- Christian Wolanin (North Dakota - NCHC, Ottawa - NHL)/
Forwards:
- Drake Batherson (Cape Breton - QMJHL, Blainville-Boisbriand - QMJHL)
- Logan Brown (Windsor - OHL, Kitchener - OHL, Ottawa - NHL)
- Luka Burzan (Moose Jaw - WHL, Brandon - WHL)
- Filip Chlapik (Belleville - AHL, Ottawa - NHL)
- Alex Formenton (London - OHL, Belleville - AHL, Ottawa - NHL)
- Parker Kelly (Prince Albert - WHL, Belleville - AHL)
- Boston Leier (Acadia - AUS, Belleville - AHL)
- Aaron Luchuk (Windsor - OHL, Barrie - OHL)
- Robert Lynch (Drummondville - QMJHL)
- Gregor MacLeod (Charlottetown - QMJHL, Quebec - QMJHL)
- Ryan Scarfo (Union - ECAC, Belleville - AHL)
- Jordan Stallard (Prince Albert - WHL)
- Andrew Sturtz (Penn State - Big-10, Belleville - AHL)
- Brady Tkachuk (Boston University - H-East)
- Colin White (Belleville - AHL, Ottawa - NHL)/
Nicolas Mattinen is one of their invitees. You will remember him as one of Mark Hunter’s late draft picks and one of many very tall defenders he chose for the team. The Leafs rights expired this summer.
The Montréal roster was also released today.
- 89, ADAMS-MOISAN, Morgan, AD / RW, Drummondville (LHJMQ)
- 64, ADDISON, Jeremiah (*), AG / LW, Laval (AHL)
- 68, ALAIN, Alexandre (*), C, Blainville-Boisbriand (LHJMQ)
- 91, ANTTALAINEN, Aleksi, D, Blainville-Boisbriand (LHJMQ)
- 77, BITTEN, William (*), AD / RW, Hamilton (OHL)
- 76, BROOK, Josh, D, Moose Jaw (WHL)
- 71, EVANS, Jake (*), C, Notre-Dame (Big-10) - NCAA
- 83, FLEURY, Cale, D, Kootenay (WHL)
- 84, FONSTAD, Cole, C, Prince Albert (WHL)
- 81, HAGEL, Brandon, AG / LW, Red Deer (WHL)
- 88, HILLIS, Cameron, C, Guelph (OHL)
- 72, HOUDE, Samuel, C, Chicoutimi (LHJMQ)
- 82, KATERINAKIS, Alexander, AD / RW, Blainville-Boisbriand (LHJMQ)
- 15, KOTKANIEMI, Jesperi (*), C, Ässät (Liiga)
- 90, MARTINEAU, Phélix, C, Cape Breton (LHJMQ)
- 94, McSHANE, Allan, C, Oshawa (OHL)
- 79, MELANCON, T.J., D, Norfolk (ECHL)
- 73, MORAVCIK, Michal (*), D, Plzen (Czech Rep)
- 55, PEZZETTA, Michael (*), AG / LW, Sudbury / Sarnia (OHL)
- 75, PLANT, Adam, D, University of Denver (NCHC)
- 57, SKLENICKA, David (*), D, Plzen (Czech Rep)
- 86, TEASDALE, Joel, AG / LW, Blainville-Boisbriand (LHJMQ)
- 74, TYSZKA, Jarret, D, Seattle (WHL)
- 22, VEJDEMO, Lukas (*), C, Djugardens (SWE)
- 96, VERBEEK, Hayden (*), C, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
- 97, WAKED, Antoine (*), AD / RW, Laval (AHL)
- 56, WALFORD, Scott, D, Victoria (WHL)
- 30, DHILLON, Stephen, G, Niagara (OHL)
- 95, HARVEY, Samuel, G, Rouyn-Noranda (LHJMQ)
- 70, McNIVEN, Michael (*), G, Laval (AHL)/
I don’t see any former Leafs there, but these two teams have both brought their stars, Brady Tkachuk and Jesperi Kotkaniemi, it will be very interesting to see who the Leafs match with.