The soon-to-be 24 year old will be an arbitration-eligible RFA next season.
It is a seminal year for Dermott’s future with the Leafs organization when we consider the following:
- Partially due to injuries, he’s only played 154 NHL games despite graduating partway through the 2017-18 season. He needs to prove he can put together a healthy and consistent season or he’ll be drowned out by the internal competition.
- He’s got more competition than ever before with Zach Bogosian, Mikko Lehtonen, Rasmus Sandin, Calle Rosen, Martin Marincin, and Timothy Liljegren all vying for the final two spots in the top six.