The last of the top five picks from this Summer's draft is now under contract, as the number four overall pick in June, forward Mitch Marner, signed his 3-year entry-level deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, part of a busy morning.
Widely regarded as an up-tempo scoring winger, he has a skating skill, which is hard to catch on the ice and as much as he may be a bit smaller, there is some expectation that he'll still fill out to a very acceptable NHL-sized frame.
It's unclear how quickly Marner will end up with the big club and with the team going through somewhat of a rebuilding phase, there shouldn't be any rush to have him in the lineup right now, unless his development in junior is already done.
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