Brad Treliving calls up nine players from the Marlies before game 6

The Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving called nine players up from the Marlies ahead of tonight's crucial game 6 against the Boston Bruins.

The Marlies were eliminated from the AHL playoffs at the hands of the Belleville Senators. As we always see whenever a team gets eliminated in the AHL and their NHL affiliate is still in the playoffs, all players with a two-way contract were called in the big league.

Kyle Clifford, Dennis Hildeby, Topi Niemela, Marshall Rifai, Maxime Lajoie, Alex Steeves, Dylan Gambrell, Nick Abruzzese and Mikko Kokkonen joined the Maple Leafs yesterday.




According to recent development, none of these players should play for the Leafs in the playoffs, even Kyle Clifford, who was rumoured to be called up and be inserted in the line up after his fight against Boko Imama:







Sheldon Keefe should use the same line up that we saw in game 5, with the possible exception being Auston Matthews. If he can play, he will take back his spot on the first line.

Stay tuned for further developments.

Source: Hockey Patrol - Maple Leafs recall nine players from the Marlies ahead of game 6