Maple Leafs Recall Marlies' Top Scorer Benoit-Olivier Groulx
The move signals a late-season look at AHL performers after deadline deals thinned Toronto’s forward group.
Overview
- The team announced the call-up Tuesday, adding depth as a 13th forward for the stretch run.
- The 26-year-old leads the Marlies with 27 goals and 50 points in 54 AHL games in a career-best campaign.
- He has appeared in 65 NHL games with one goal and five points, including a 45-game run for Anaheim in 2023–24 with two assists.
- Toronto traded Scott Laughton, Bobby McMann and Nicolas Roy at the deadline, opening NHL roster spots.
- It was not yet clear whether Groulx would dress for Tuesday night’s game in Montreal.