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Kenny Agostino will make his Maple Leafs debut tonight.
"He's worked really hard and really waited for an opportunity to play," noted coach Sheldon Keefe. "He's never complained, just continued to work and has been a real leader and one of, if not the best, players down with the Marlies."
Agostino posted 49 points in 53 games in the American Hockey League last season and had seven points in eight games with the Marlies to start this season. The 28-year-old hasn't suited up in the NHL since April 6, 2019, when he played with the New Jersey Devils.
"In the games he's played with the Marlies, he's just continued being the player that he's established himself as in the American League, but he also has NHL experience," Keefe said. "When we signed him a couple off-seasons ago, he was a guy who was coming off a full season in the NHL and hasn't really had his chance here yet."