It’s training camp time, which means we are spending the next three weeks anticipating a season that is essentially an eight month long transaction to get us to the hockey that we really care about, the playoffs. I think we should be reasonably comfortable with the idea the Leafs are a playoff team, and even if the biggest pessimists will grant the Leafs the bare minimum of a wild card spot in the playoffs, while we’re waiting for that hockey we need something to keep us interested and to some degree that will include players hitting personal milestones.
That is partially why I spent some time putting together a list of what the Leafs’ individual players could achieve.
| Who | Milestone | How far away |
| Joey Anderson | 1st Leafs goal | 1 goal |
| Joey Anderson | 1st Leafs point | 1 point |
| Joey Anderson | 100 games played | 42 games |
| Nic Aube-Kubel | 100 games played | 31 games |
| Jordie Benn | 600 games played | 5 games |
| TJ Brodie | 800 games played | 28 games |
| Michael Bunting | 100 games as a Leaf | 21 games |
| Michael Bunting | 100 points as a Leaf | 37 points |
| Michael Bunting | 100 points | 23 points |
| Kyle Clifford | 800 games played | 49 games |
| Carl Dahlstrom | 100 games played | 33 games |
| Pierre Engvall | 200 games played | 32 games |
| Pierre Engvall | 100 points | 38 points |
| Adam Gaudette | 100 points | 30 points |
| Mark Giordano | 100 games as a Leaf | 80 games |
| Mark Giordano | 1100 games | 76 games |
| Mark Giordano | 600 points | 56 points |
| Mark Giordano | 400 assists | 7 assists |
| Justin Holl | 100 points | 36 points |
| Calle Jarnkrok | 600 games played | 26 games |
| David Kampf | 100 games as a Leaf | 18 games |
| David Kampf | 100 career points | 16 points |
| Alex Kerfoot | 400 games played | 40 games |
| Alex Kerfoot | 200 points | 13 points |
| Timothy Liljegren | 100 games played | 26 games |
| Denis Malgin | 200 games played | 8 games |
| Denis Malgin | 100 points | 40 points |
| Denis Malgin | 1st Leafs goal | 1 goal |
| Denis Malgin | 1st Leafs point | 1 point |
| Mitch Marner | 500 games played | 73 games |
| Mitch Marner | 500 points | 45 points |
| Mitch Marner | 400 assists | 83 assists |
| Mitch Marner | 9th on the Leafs alltime assists list (321 tied with Doug Gilmour) | 4 assists |
| Mitch Marner | 8th on the Leafs alltime assists list (330 tied with Ted Kennedy) | 13 assists |
| Mitch Marner | 7th on the Leafs alltime assists list (349 tied with Tim Horton) | 32 assists |
| Mitch Marner | 10th on the Leafs alltime points list (537 tied with Rick Vaive) | 82 points |
| Auston Matthews | 300 goals | 41 goals |
| Auston Matthews | 200 assists | 2 assists |
| Auston Matthews | 500 points | 43 points |
| Auston Matthews | 8th on the Leafs alltime goals list (260 with Wendel Clark) | 1 goal |
| Auston Matthews | 6th on the Leafs alltime goals list (296 tied with Mahovlich and Armstrong) | 37 goals |
| Auston Matthews | 5th on the Leafs alltime goals list (299, tied with Vaive) | 40 goals |
| Auston Matthews | 10th on the Leafs alltime points list (537 tied with Rick Vaive) | 80 points |
| Matt Murray | 300 games played | 54 games |
| Matt Murray | 150 wins | 18 wins |
| Matt Murray | 20 shutouts | 9 shutouts |
| Jake Muzzin | 700 games played | 21 games |
| Jake Muzzin | 200 games as a Leaf | 17 games |
| Jake Muzzin | 100 points as a Leaf | 20 points |
| Jake Muzzin | 300 points | 7 points |
| William Nylander | 500 games played | 61 games |
| William Nylander | 400 points | 57 points |
| Morgan Rielly | 700 games played | 46 games |
| Morgan Rielly | 400 points | 27 points |
| Morgan Rielly | 4th all time in Leafs defensive points (414 tied with Ian Turnbull) | 41 points |
| Morgan Rielly | 5th all time in Leafs defensive games played (717 tied with Jim Thomson) | 63 games |
| Ilya Samsonov | 100 games played | 11 games |
| Ilya Samsonov | 10th shutout | 4 shutouts |
| Rasmus Sandin | 100 games played | 49 games |
| Alex Steeves | 1st NHL goal | 1 goal |
| John Tavares | 1000 games played | 51 games |
| John Tavares | 300 games as a Leaf | 20 games |
| John Tavares | 400 goals | 9 goals |
| John Tavares | 900 points | 5 points |
| John Tavares | 300 points as a Leaf | 26 points |
Some of these are more aspirational than others. An 83 assist season from Marner is a lot to wish for as is a 30 point season from Gaudette or a 40 point season from Malgin, but dream big I say.
The player to watch immediate seems to be John Tavares, who is five points from 900 and nine goals from 400. Auston Matthews’ next goal also moves him into a tie for 8th on the Leafs all time goal scoring list with Wendel Clark, so it will take half a period of game one for that to happen too.
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