Toronto president, GM and resident cranky old man Brian Burke announced today that four players have been re-assigned.
Despite a good showing in the pre-season so far Nazem Kadri was sent back to the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Forward Christian Hanson and defenseman Jonas Frogren were assigned to Toronto's AHL affiliate the Marlies. Defenseman Andy Rogers was released.
At the draft Nazem Kardi stated his intentions were to stay with the Toronto Maple Leafs all season. With the pre-season he is having GM Brian Burke might just have to keep him up.
The Pittsburgh Penguins jumped out to an early lead with both Ryan Bayda and Chris Conner scoring in the first period. Viktor Stahlberg brought the Maple Leafs within 1 with a second period goal, assisted by supposed super rookie Tyler Bozak and Christian Hanson.
Then late in the third, with the net empty and an extra attacker on the ice, Nazem Kadri was able to get one past Pittsburgh goalie John Curry to tie the score with just over a minute left.
Then in the shootout, Kadri decided he felt like completely undressing John Curry with a fantastic shoot out goal:
Lee Stempniak sealed the deal in the third round with a goal himself, but the buzz was still about Kadri. "Hopefully, I'm making the decision hard," Kadri said. "I appreciate (coach) Ron (Wilson) giving me the opportunity to go out there in some big situations. I think it's really building my confidence."
Jamal Mayers was knocked out by a Tim Wallace hit in the second period and needed to be helped off the ice.
Toronto Maple Leafs president and GM announced today that the team has assigned forwards Alex Foster, Ryan Hamilton, Ben Ondrus and Andre Deveaux to their AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.
Interesting to note that Nazem Kadri, Toronto's first round pick in this year's draft, is still with the big club.
