Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Sam McCue was traded from the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs to the Ottawa 67’s on Thursday. McCue, along with Brantford’s 5th-round pick in the 2029 OHL Priority Selection Draft are heading to Ottawa, in exchange for 2nd and 3rd picks in the 2029 Draft.
Sam McCue had a promising D+1 season for a seventh round pick. He scored a lot more after moving into the top six on both Owen Sound, and then Flint after they acquired him to boost their playoff chances.
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Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Sam McCue is being traded from the OHL’s Flint Firebirds to the Brantford Bulldogs, Jeff Marek of The Nation Network reports.
First, it was Nikita Grebenkin. Now it’s Sam McCue. What do these two players have in common, you may ask? Simply put, they’re both late-round draft picks who didn’t waste a lot of time introducing themselves to the fans of their new team.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The 2025 World Juniors have now been completed as of Sunday, with Team USA coming back and beating Finland in overtime to win the gold medal. In general, I thought it was a pretty great tournament for entertainment of the games played on the ice.
The Flint Firebirds put up a strong fight but fell 6-4 to the Guelph Storm Friday night at the Dort Financial Center. Unfortunately, a scary injury took the attention away from the game.
A scary moment occurred during an OHL game between the Flint Firebirds and the Guelph Storm, where a defenseman had to be stretchered off after a scary injury.
In the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday, the Owen Sound Attack made two major moves on Wednesday, first shipping out their captain, defenseman Konnor Smith, an Anaheim Ducks prospect, to the Brampton Steelheads in exchange for multiple picks.
Easton Cowan was held out of Team Canada’s camp scrimmages and games against USports players after being forced to leave his last appearance with the London Knights following a big, open-ice hit delivered by Zack Sandhu of the Oshawa Generals, but he was cleared to return to action this past weekend.
I've struggled to write a full update on McCue. In fact, I've started and reset this article 3-4 times since the start of the season. Unlike most of Toronto's other prospects who I have yet to give full updates to, it's not because I've found them lacking or frustrating.
In last week’s edition of the Maple Leafs Prospect Roundup, we took a look at the strong starts both Fraser Minten and Nikita Grebenkin were having with the Marlies and how soon they might be able to contribute to the big club.
The Toronto Marlies went 1-0-1 over the weekend with a 4-3 win and a subsequent 5-4 overtime loss to the Charlotte Checkers, AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes, and while the results aren’t something people should put too much stock into, the new line of Nikita Grebenkin, Fraser Minten, and Alex Steeves is.
Not too often do 7th-round picks make headlines but for the Maple Leafs' prospect Sam McCue, he's taken the OHL by storm and making Brad Treliving look like a genius.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have toughness with prospect Sam McCue but he won't be able to play the next two games as he was suspended for his actions against Brantford.
We won’t blame you if you turned off the NHL Draft in the seventh round – because the odds are you haven’t heard of anyone still on the board at that time.