This coming season there will be at least three key players for the Raptors:

1. Sam Volta: Being one of the TPE leaders for the Raptors is a huge responsibility especially for a center. Winning a faceoff in your own zone could make or break for the Raptors. Especially with players only sitting at a max of 425 opportunities can open and close in an instant based on the situation. Volta will need to be huge in the faceoff circle to help the Raptors

2. Yuri Boyka III - This is another key player, and one that hasn't lived up to where we expected him to be so far this season. As the other TPE leader, Boyka should be scoring like there is no tomorrow but instead has not been doing well and actually missed a game. There is hope that he puts it together and really helps propel the Raptors to success

3. Meownir Kittenson - I am not one who usually puts his player first in these kinds of things but I think a goalie has to be mentioned. Also for the Raptors, there season is mainly looking to be shoot outs (like the gunslinger version, not the end of hockey version). Having a high octane offense is great but they are completely rebuilding on the defensive end. There is hope that Kittenson will be able to protect the goal enough to help the Raptors to win games 7.- 5