On Wednesday, ahead of the Leafs' season opener against an Atlantic Division rival Montreal Canadiens, the Leafs released a short video on social media, with each of the new players introducing themselves and sharing the correct pronunciation of their names, as well as the nicknames they've picked up over the years.
The newcomers have already shown some early chemistry with their new Leafs linemates. Denis Malgin played a lot with William Nylander during the preseason and the two appeared to blend really well stylistically. Meanwhile, David Kampf appears poised to have Zach Aston-Reese and Nicolas Aube-Kubel flanking him on the new-look 4th line and we all know about the exploits of Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov, who form what appears to be quite a formidable tandem. Hopefully they'll be able to continue to find a sustained level of success during the regular season.
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12 OCTOBRE | 151 ANSWERS New Leafs introduce themselves and share their nicknames with Leafs Nation Who is your favourite new Leafs addition? | ||
Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 19 | 12.6 % |
Calle Jarnkrok | 53 | 35.1 % |
Matt Murray | 58 | 38.4 % |
Other | 21 | 13.9 % |
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