Veteran outreach helping to put Fraser Minten in place of comfort with Maple Leafs

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Not only has Maple Leafs rookie Fraser Minten formed a bond with Morgan Rielly, other Leafs veterans have taken the teen under their wing.

Fraser Minten’s comfort on the ice as he begins his National Hockey League career has found an off-ice match.

“As far as Fraser goes, he seems extremely confident and comfortable. He’s a smart young man and I just like hanging out with him. So that’s part of it too.” “It was a step up for sure, I noticed that,” Minten said, comparing a regular-season game’s pace to what he experienced in the pre-season. “Everyone thinks the game so well.

“It’s great to see,” Keefe said. “It’s something that we had talked about. When we made the decision that Fraser was going to start with us, that was the next thing — he has earned his way here as a player, but how do we take care of him as a person, as young man who is coming into a new city and playing professional hockey?

 

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