Gauthier to be 11th Maple Leaf to make NHL debut this season

The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to make another young hockey player's dreams come true.

With the recall of forward Frederik Gauthier from the AHL's Marlies ahead of Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres, the 20-year-old is set to become the 11th player to make his NHL debut with the club this season.

He joins Brendan Leipsic, Byron Froese, Zach Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen, Viktor Loov, William Nylander, Nikita Soshnikov, Connor Brown, Rinat Valiev, and Garret Sparks.

And it's all part of the plan.

TOR could use 11 players under age 24 tonight: Nylander, Soshnikov, Hyman, Sparks, Brown, Gauthier, Leivo, Valiev, Carrick, Corrado, Rielly.

- Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 19, 2016

Selected in the first round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Gauthier has recorded five goals and 11 assists in 52 games with the Marlies this season.

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