Recent Comments From Top Prospect Ben Danford Has Leafs Fans Excited for His Arrival

"It was surreal. It was an honor to wear the 'C' on a team like Oshawa, especially the organization behind me. All the great players that have come through and the captains that have come through the organization. There's a lot of leaders on our team this year so I was really honored to get recognized like that."

"I feel like it's something that's a part of the game that you lay a big hit, sometimes you have to answer the bell. I feel like I'm comfortable doing that type of thing. I'm not a heavyweight by any means, but I can hold my own."

"Ben Danford thinks the game in a more advanced way than most. He knows how to defend in-zone and how to move the puck up the ice. And he always plays the opposition physically. He closes his gap before the blue line, pressures the opposition all over the zone, and shows a lot of poise on retrieval, spinning off forecheckers, and attracting them before passing."