Maple Leafs send Kontiola to AHL after disappointing training camp
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The Toronto Maple Leafs assigned forward Petri Kontiola to the AHL's Marlies on Monday, after general manager Dave Nonis was clearly underwhelmed with his performance at training camp.
Dave Nonis on the demotion of Petri Kontiola: "He’s a world class player, but we don’t have time to wait for that to come back."
— Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) September 29, 2014
The Maple Leafs signed the 29-year-old to a one-year, $1.1-million contract this past summer, coughing up an additional $590,000 to get him out of his KHL contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk.