Adam Wallace Earns Tryout

A lot of talk has been made of the tryout offer made to Jason Allison, but Burke has given a tryout offer to a few other players as well. One of those players is fighter Adam Wallace. He probably won’t have much of a chance making the 4^th line on the Leafs but he will again add some competition for those aspiring to be in the Leafs’ bottom six.

Adam Wallace is a normal hardnosed defenseman, who is only 19 years of age and that will certainly do him no harm entering into this minicamp. Adam Wallace played for the Windsor Spitfires the past three years, so he does know a lot about playing hockey with older guys. He has worked extremely hard to get this tryout and I will certainly be expecting him to bring his 110% out there on the ice with the other rookies in the upcoming tourney. He will definitely be getting ample chances to show why he has been awarded this tryout from Burke.

This young defenseman has all the traits that Burke looks for in his players. He is extremely belligerent on the ice and that can be confirmed with the amount of fights he got into last season with the Spitfires and he came out on top in many of those fights as well. He is 195 pounds and 6’1’’ and he’s still growing in terms of muscle mass. He has worked hard over the summer and will be looking to make a difference and get the coaches and Burke to look at him twice and perhaps think about putting him with the Marlies.

He had 174 penalty minutes and he didn’t do much damage in terms of scoring, he is a typical stay at home defender and he knows what to do at his end of the ice. The problem of not scoring is something that can be corrected if he shows promise with his defensive game at the camp.

He will probably go undetected in the rookie tourney but we should be on the lookout for him and how he progresses throughout the camp. These are the types of tryouts that will perhaps get Burke another diamond in the rough that he would love to find. Just like the Allison tryout, this is a win-win situation for the Leafs. Adam Wallace will most likely find it tough against really good forwards, but the ball or shall I say the puck is in his court and it’s time for him to step up and show his potential out there on the ice.