I doubt he even had a roster spot next year anyways. He and Percy were going to start in the minors, but now he may be brought along even slower. I had him on the Leafs by next years TDL, but now it may be longer. At least 2016-2017 he can come up with a long list of players (Percy, Nylander, Brown, Leipsic, etc.)
He'll probably be good by the start of the AHL season though. It's just he won't really be hitting the ground running. We have good depth on defense, so that's not bad... Enough where we can still trade some and be solid.