One of the silliest complaints about the Toronto Maple Leafs every draft is that they didn’t take enough kids from the Ontario Hockey League, didn’t take enough Ontario boys, didn’t take enough GTA kids.
Fear not, Don Cherry and company, the Maple Leafs have invite 18 kids from the OHL to their development camp, which begins today. Here’s a brief rundown of those wonderful, good ol’ Ontariah boys.
J.J. Piccinich - F - London Knights - Drafted 2014 103rd overall
2016/17 stats: 66GP - 26G - 46A - 72Pts
The London Knights captain for last season will not be returning to the OHL next year, as he signed an AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies.