Tyler Ennis is the MapleLeafs nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. lukefoxjukebox has more on how Ennis has rebuilt himself as a hardworking, two-way contributor in Toronto.
TORONTO — Bought out, discarded, and still lingering on the free agent market five days after the free-agent feeding frenzy had supposedly gobbled up all the players worth signing,On Thursday, Ennis will awake to the news he is the Toronto’s selection for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, as the local chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association recognizes the forward’s perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Taking a one-year, league-minimum contract from rookie GM Kyle Dubas on July 6, after being healthy-scratched in the playoffs and subsequently bought out by the offence-deprived Minnesota Wild, Ennis made the cut out of camp — thanks, in part, to William Nylander’s contract dispute — and has since proved himself as a hardworking, two-way contributor to the Leafs’ bottom six.
"He was going to put the work in and voluntarily bring himself here in the summer with our performance staff and strength and conditioning staff to get ready," Dubas said. "He told us he knew he had a lot at stake moving forward, and we thought we could provide him with a great opportunity to get rolling again."
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