C Dominic Toninato - Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA (2012, 126th, TOR; unsigned UFA)

[19Yzerman19]

How serious will the interest be for this former Leafs prospect?

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/07/07/leafs-prospect-toninato-has-no-other-choice-than-to-go-ufa/

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[TheBeastCoast]

Don't think he is anything special.

 

[LeafChief]

I don't doubt someone will give him an ELC. He won't be highly sought after like Vesey and others have been in the past.

Many were hoping that he would play on the Marlies this year due to the Leafs being weak at centre throughout the organization (in terms of depth).

He is a pretty strong defensive player from what I understand.

 

[Mickey the mouse]

I don't doubt someone will give him an ELC. He won't be highly sought after like Vesey and others have been in the past.

Many were hoping that he would play on the Marlies this year due to the Leafs being weak at centre throughout the organization (in terms of depth).

He is a pretty strong defensive player from what I understand.

There will be plenty of teams calling this kid. Saw UMD play 6-8 games this past season


he was one of the top 5 F's in the toughest conference in NCAA.

Very hard on pucks, extremely tuff to play against and a legit 200 ft player.

Can easily be 3rd / 4th line C on 10 or so teams.

Pitt just signed Adam Johnson and think he can be their 4th line C and he isn't 75% the player Toninato is. Not talking bad against Johnson, just not as good as Toninato

 

[shaner8989]

Won't be interest here.

Wouldn't even crack the marlies roster

 

[Menzinger]

A smart team will pick him up. I still wonder about his skating but think he can be a good bottom 6 player in the NHl

Won't be interest here.

Wouldn't even crack the marlies roster

That's not true in the slightest.

 

[HockeyNightInBelfast]

Been following him since he was drafted
Decent player - not quite "over-ripe" but refused to sign a deal last year to finish his schooling & declined an AHL contract from the Leafs this year.

Has grit but needs to add weight & improv skating.

A quality signing for a team in need of depth - has a lot of the tools to make it.

Calculated risk on the player's part but gotta like that type of gall too.

I reckon he could become a 3rd or 4th line centreman at the NHL level within a couple of seasons if he's given an opportunity.

 

[McMatthews]

Similar style to Matt Stajan.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Been following him since he was drafted
Decent player - not quite "over-ripe" but refused to sign a deal last year to finish his schooling & declined an AHL contract from the Leafs this year.

Has grit but needs to add weight & improv skating.

A quality signing for a team in need of depth - has a lot of the tools to make it.

Calculated risk on the player's part but gotta like that type of gall too.

I reckon he could become a 3rd or 4th line centreman at the NHL level within a couple of seasons if he's given an opportunity.

That's interesting. Anyone know why he didn't want to sign with the Leafs?

 

[Stand Witness]

That's interesting. Anyone know why he didn't want to sign with the Leafs?

In terms of the "last offseason" part, I was never aware of the Leafs attempting to sign him last offseason and to be honest it doesn't even make that much sense from the Leafs POV.

Toninato said he wasn't going to sign an AHL contract. The Leafs weren't going to offer him a NHL contract because of contract limits and all that. He probably wouldn't have even started in the AHL as the Leafs have a tendency to sign not so high end prospect to AHL deals and then start them in the ECHL.

I don't know much about what Toninato can be much more then the 3/4 center that is often posted. He could still be a useful player and some team will probably take a chance on him. It all depends on what someones pool has imo. If it is relatively deep, I don't think those teams will bother with a low reward risk.

 

[Mugzy97]

That's interesting. Anyone know why he didn't want to sign with the Leafs?

My guess is he seen the pipeline of talent and realizes he's probably going to have a better shot at getting into the bigs through a different organization. We'll know if he signs with a bottom of the standings team.

 

[Kamiccolo]

My guess is he seen the pipeline of talent and realizes he's probably going to have a better shot at getting into the bigs through a different organization. We'll know if he signs with a bottom of the standings team.

The Marlies have also been a pretty stacked team. Would make sense to take the deal, work with the Leafs who have had success developing players the last few years and have a strong year in the AHL (take a one year deal).

Then either ask for a NHL contract or go to another team to get one with a year of pro experience and showing he is NHL ready.

 

[firstemperor]

That's interesting. Anyone know why he didn't want to sign with the Leafs?

He wanted to sign here but we already have 48 NHL contracts and that's excluding Connor Brown. 50 is the limit. He was actually very patient with our org. giving us a chance to sort out contracts but we eventually didn't give him an NHL deal.

It's disappointing to me as we need the C Depth with the Marlies but he wouldn't agree to an AHL deal.

 

[Cor]

That's interesting. Anyone know why he didn't want to sign with the Leafs?

He wanted too.

He didn't last summer because he wanted to finish school.

This year, the Leafs simply didn't have room. We likely offered him an AHL deal, but he thinks, and rightly so, that he can get an NHL deal from someone

 

[VoluntaryDom]

He has my name

which means he is the GOAT

 

[nyr2k2]

With the way the Rangers have been in on college guys the past couple years, if they like this guy they'll for sure be in on him.