It ' s not impossible , but if agree he ' s headed for the Marlies . Look at the Leafs current twelve forwards . How many spots do you figure will open up , even ignoring who goes where ? Smith will hopefully be gone , but that might be it . Maybe one of Bozak or JVR might be traded or claimed by Vegas , but that ' s about it . Everyone else will still be there . Then , with only one or two holes , Bracco would have to beat out Kapanen , Leipsic , Rychel , Leivo and Johnsson . A couple of the above will also be waiver eligible and will get the edge if they ' re close to Bracco . All to say the deck is stacked pretty strongly against him making the Leafs next year . <| sep |> Hitler was hilariously incompetent . Germany was basically recovered from WWI by the time he came about . Being better than Hitler is a low bar even for Trump .