Jun 22, 2018; Dallas, TX, USA; Rasmus Sandin poses for a photo with team representatives after being selected as the number twenty-nine overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
It certainly seem as though we have been waiting for top Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Rasmus Sandin to “wow” us for quite some time now.
Taken by the Toronto Maple Leafs with the 29th overall pick in the 2018 draft, Sandin’s stock started to rise as he immediately produced in the AHL as a teenaged-defenseman (28 points in 44 games and 10 in 13 playoff contests for the Marlies in 2018-2019) and by scoring at just under a point-per-game pace for Sweden in the World Junior Championship that same year.