The Bill Masterton Memorial trophy is awarded to the player “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey”. Usually nominees are players who are coming off a big injury (Max Pacioretty), or players who have played through or come back from personal issues (Dominic Moore), or are old (Jaromir Jagr). The Leafs haven’t had a good enough individual story to win the award, but someone is getting the nomination regardless.
The Maple Leafs nominee hasn’t been revealed yet so I thought I would take a look through the roster and find the best nominee.