On the morning of Friday, January 5th, it was announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs called up defenseman Travis Dermott and loaned defenseman Martin Marincin to the Toronto Marlies.
Dermott has seemed to emerge himself as the Maple Leafs’ second best defensive prospect, right after Timothy Liljegren. However, he’s easily the most NHL ready defenseman on the Marlies. He’s put up six points in his last two games with the Marlies to improve to 17 points in 26 games in the AHL.
I feel like a kid on Christmas writing this piece. If you were watching any of their past few games, watching Roman Polak and Martin Marincin on the ice together was quite painful.