It’s true, folks. The Leafs will kick off their annual rookie tournament this weekend in Laval, Quebec, beginning with the host Montreal Canadiens on September 8th, and closing things out on September 9th against the Ottawa Senators.
The wait, mercifully, is over.
Leafs announce rookie tournament roster. Hunter, Pucek, Rubins, Zummack are camp invites. pic.twitter.com/2zmqCXWxZM
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) August 30, 2018
Purely as an event, the rookie tournament is indeed quite the spectacle, a notion which arguably pertains even more to the activities taking place off the ice rather than on it.