The Leafs AGM talked about how the front office is approaching the progress of their youth, and heirs to the current roster.
“That starts with Brendan [Shanahan] and his vision for the team in wanting the Marlies [players] to learn everything so when they come up to the Maple Leafs, Mike [Babcock] doesn’t have to spend weeks and months teaching them his system and his language and the way he wants them to play,” Dubas explained. “It’s tasked for Sheldon [Keefe] and Gord Dineen to be in constant communication with the Maple Leafs staff and have them – it’s nothing ground breaking – but we try and push them to be in constant touch with each other.