Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving Addresses Struggling Player Nick Robertson in New Interview
The Toronto Maple Leafs haven't gotten enough out of a lot of their players this season, including from young winger Nick Robertson.
Through 17 games this season, Robertson has onky one point - a goal. Due to this extremely disappointing tally, many are calling him out as a bust, or of not being NHL-calibre, but Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving disagrees. He was even placed in the top-six last night despite his production.
In a new interview with The Athletic, Treliving, rather than bashing Robertson, opted to praise his improvements physically and off the puck, as well as highlight his strong work ethic:
Nick has taken massive steps in his overall game - his checking game, his play away from the puck.
What we're talking to him about is, yeah, we want production, we want everybody to score, but make sure you've got a backup game so that if it's not going in for a period of time, what else are you bringing?
You still got to contribute. I've been impressed. He works like a dog."
While there have been improvements in his game, the production is still concerning, and a smattering of injuries have made the Leafs' depth a source of concern.
The recent signing of Alexander Nylander, brother of star William Nylander, will add some energy to the bottom-six, but big steps need to come from higher-paid players such as Max Domi.
We will see if the Maple Leafs can get some more production out of Robertson, but as long as the GM is happy, fans should be as well.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||