8 Maple Leafs notes: Nick Robertson rebounding from mental grind
In this edition of Stat of the Nation, Mike Futa discuss all the news around the North Division as teams enter the final stretch of the season. | April 14, 2021, 2:01 PM
April 14, 2021, 2:01 PM
TORONTO – Just because William Nylander got stuck in COVID-19 protocol and Alexander Barabanov got traded doesn’t mean Nick Robertson didn’t earn his long-awaited recall to the big club.
Robertson sustained a knee injury two minutes and 20 seconds into his first NHL regular-season game back on Jan. 16 and has also missed time while battling an oblique injury.
It’s been a slog for the teenager, who missed playing for the gold-medal-winning U.S. world junior squad because he’s been so determined to cut it as an NHLer.
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We’ve now made it past Thanksgiving and the holiday season is right around the corner. Like the last few years, PHR will take a look at what teams are thankful for but this year comes with a bit of a change. Normally teams would have an idea of where their season was heading, coming up on the one-quarter mark with mountains of statistics to analyze. Instead, in this unprecedented year, the season hasn’t even begun. We’ll still take a look at what each group is excited about and what they could hope for once the calendar turns to 2021.