Korbinian Holzer News

Frattin's coach revealed on Tuesday that the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect and league's postseason scoring leader will be out until next season with a knee injury that requires surgery.

With the 2012 NHL entry draft rapidly approaching, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke will soon be finalizing his big board for more than just his ever-so-important fifth overall selection.

But the first stage has definitely arrived, with hockey in June now a certainty.

Rick Dudley officially became the Montreal Canadiens assistant general manager on Friday, but on his way out the door the now former director of player personnel for the Toronto Maple Leafs offered encouraging words to their fans: Life is about to get much better.

Frattin scored two goals, including the game-winner, as the Toronto Marlies defeated the Oklahoma City Barons 5-3 in American Hockey League action Monday.

As some of you are aware, there is some playoff hockey being played in Toronto. The Toronto Marlies - led by the scintillating goaltending of Ben Scrivens , the offence of Nazem Kadri , Jerry D`Amigo , and Matt Frattin , and the steel curtain of Jake Gardiner , Korbinian Holzer , and Jesse Blacker - have rampaged through the playoffs on the back of ... (more)

Matt Lashoff is the kind of leader every team needs. The quality made him so endearing that the then-injured Toronto Marlies defenceman began travelling with the team at the onset of their playoff run solely for that reason.

There was a time not so long ago when being a first-round pick automatically elevated a highly regarded teenager to the top of the Maple Leaf depth chart.