Insider has bad prediction for Toronto's Nick Robertson

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced earlier this year that Nick Robertson's season was over in January after having undergone surgery; his expected recovery time was estimated at six months.

Is he going to have a chance to make the team this fall out of training camp? Take a look at what Leafs writer Luke Fox had to say. 

"Well, the cap-pressed Leafs are once again carrying a tight roster (likely fewer than 23 bodies), and the soon-to-be-22-year-old Robertson is once again exempt from waivers, plus he hasn't played a game since suffering his season-ending shoulder injury on Dec. 8.

A peek at Toronto's left-wing depth chart shows that Robertson will have to outduel Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi, Matthew Knies and, say, Sam Lafferty to secure a spot. Among that group, only Knies is exempt from waivers, and his post-season revealed a cap-friendly NHLer."

Robertson, who was drafted 53rd overall by the Leafs in the 2019 NHL Draft, had scored two goals and three assists in 15 games with the Leafs last year prior to his injury. 

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