Everything you need to know about the Maple Leafs development camp

It’s finally here! The Toronto Maple Leafs development camp is set to begin on Sunday and run through next Friday, and the team has announced the roster after much anticipation.

For starters, the Leafs are holding camp a week after nearly every other team has opened them up to inviting just about any undrafted prospect they want, which we’ll get to in a second. First, here are all of the Leafs affiliated prospects attending camp:

The following are invites out of the CHL, meaning the Maple Leafs can sign them to an entry-level contract if they are impressed by what they see at camp, something they did last year for @Braeden Kressler:

The rest of the invites are players bound for the NCAA, meaning if they were to sign, they would have to forego their collegiate eligibility. It is very rare to see these players sign in camp, although @Trevor Moore was an example a few years back:

The only European-based prospect attending the development camp is @Dennis Hildeby, interesting given @Roni Hirvonen, @Topi Niemela, and Artur Akhtyamov have all been in Toronto over the past month.

Additionally, the following players are not attending development camp despite fitting the age range:

Overall, this development camp is an interesting mix of owned prospects in junior/college or just about to begin their professional career and invites with intriguing value that could be signed. No full-time Marlies are at camp, a bit of a difference from some past camps.

I’ll have lots of development camp coverage over the next week, be sure to stay tuned.

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