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A year ago, Mason Marchment might have been treading lightly around Maple Leaf veterans, even with a two-year NHL entry-level contract in hand.

This month, he’s comfortable kibitzing with them on the ice and in the room, a few war stories of his own to tell after his Marlies won the Calder Cup. Don’t be surprised to see the 6-foot-4 left winger get extended exhibition-game time in September.

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“Winning the Cup helped a lot,” Marchment said Wednesday. “I had a lot of confidence with my line (Trevor Moore, Dmytro Timashov and he were an energy unit) and I hope to carry that into this year.

“This summer, I’ve been working with Zach Hyman and Connor Brown and they’ve been pushing me.”

Marchment is the son of NHLer Bryan Marchment, though he jokes “I came from nowhere” as far as the Leafs were concerned. He was a development-camp invite two years ago after his OHL career with Erie ended, parlaying that into an AHL deal and then his entry-level contract.