He was a late cut from camp, yet he put 11pts in 19 games in the AHL before being called up by Ottawa. The Ottawa Senators have traded Cody Ceci, Ben Harpur, Aaron Luchuk and a 2020 3rd round pick acquired from Columbus to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown and Michael Carcone. This is a tool he has only began adding the past couple seasons, which shows his willingness to adapt his game to remain in the NHL. Harpur was traded to Nashville by the Maple Leafs in exchange for Miikka Salomaki on Saturday.. (Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images)The Leafs are a stacked team that will dress a second line that is as good as almost any team’s first line. He struggled at the NHL level and managed only a solitary point in 41 appearances.Ben Harpur’s shot suppression (see below) was better than any of his team mates on the penalty kill. He also managed to earn an end of the season call up and was part of 9 playoff games in Ottawa’s cup run.The big question is whether or not Ben Harpur finds himself a role with the Toronto Maple Leafs. By KatyaKnappe. The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown, and Michael Carcone to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Cody Ceci, Ben Harpur… The following season Harpur went pro, split between the NHL (5GP), ECHL (4GP) and AHL (47GP), where he spent the majority of his season.Harpur brings a huge physical presence which the Toronto Maple Leafs lack. Share. July 11, 2019, 10:29 AM | Thomas Williams. If Ben Harpur plays a single game for the Leafs next season, they might as well stop trying. Ben Harpur (born January 12, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing within the Nashville Predators organization in the National Hockey League (NHL). As Ottawa has a tendency of doing, he was a young, inexperienced defenceman thrust into a huge role on what was undoubtedly the worst team in the NHL. That saw him tied for the top scoring defenceman on his team and he was voted Binghamton’s MVP for the season. Toronto Maple Leafs trade Ben Harpur for Miikka Salomaki. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round, 108th overall, in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft Predators send Salomaki to Maple Leafs for defenseman Harpur. Given his specialty skillset which is non-existent with in the current line-up, it seems unlikely that Ben Harpur is put through waivers, at least at the start of the season.Whilst Ben isn’t actually Australian (his mother is), this is the closest thing to the real deal the few of us Australian hockey fans will get (I’m aware of Nathan Walker, however, he is not a Leaf). (Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images)There is however one positive that is actually quantifiable to Ben Harpur’s game. He was tasked with the toughest minutes on the PK outside of Cody Ceci, and outperformed most of his teammates.Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on Toronto Maple Leafs and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more.2018/19 was Ben Harpur’s first season as a full-time NHLer. When the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators made a trade on July 1st, it was seen as primarily just the swap of two bad defencemen that will see different amounts of time with their new clubs, but now it seems like one of the throw-ins within the … Feb 22 National USA Share.
Yet, at every step he has managed to find his feet once given adequate time. Most recently in the AHL with Milwaukee Admirals. He played five games with Nashville this season, his last Oct. 29, and he has 12 goals and 15 assists in 167 career NHL games -- all with the Predators.Nashville needed help on defense, and the 25-year-old Harpur has played 103 career NHL games, all with Ottawa, after being the 108th pick overall in the fourth round in 2013. Maple Leafs trade Ben Harpur for Mikka Salomaki.
I certainly don’t believe Ben Harpur is some hidden gem, but I do believe given the right environment to foster his skillset he can become a useful 6th or 7th defenceman.The 2016/17 was much improved for the towering defenceman. Does acquiring Connor Brown make this swap of maligned blueliners worth it?Milwaukee’s 50th season ends unceremoniously.In which we reveal our psychic powers, or lack thereof.The former Ottawa Senator/Toronto Marlie was acquired in late February for Miikka Salomäki in an AHL swap.Harpur appeared in seven games for Milwaukee last season.Discussing some mid-first round forwards potentially available with the Islanders’ pick.Things are going some way or another.Could AHL talent prove valuable for Nashville in the playoffs?"He’s not going to fail from wont of trying."Quarantine life has become pretty normal other than the erosion of my time sense.Tomosino in, Trenin out among othersCoach Hynes had the Nashville Predators play scrimmages in a back-to-back scenario. 7.