The Toronto Maple Leafs expect that Max Pacioretty will be able to join his teammates for practice at some point this week. The forward was one of a handful of skaters who took the ice with the club's return-to-play staff on Friday,
Crag Berube was forced to shuffle the Leafs' lines at practice ahead of Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Wild with the imminent return of Max Pacioretty.
Pacioretty missed the last three games after taking a puck to the head in a game against the Montreal Canadiens.
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Pacioretty is projected to return to the Maple Leafs' lineup against the Wild while Knies could be back on Saturday against Edmonton.
Some new lines for the Maple Leafs could indicate that the team is attempting to showcase veteran forward Max Domi ahead of the trade deadline. On Wednesday, we saw the Maple Leafs get thumped by the Columbus Blue Jackets,
The Maple Leafs’ annual outdoor practice — which took place is Shanahan’s old stomping grounds — provided a chance to fans to get close to their heroes and a nice break from a relentless practice-game-fly schedule.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nikita Grebenkin has been called up from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies, while Connor Dewar has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to January 20, the team confirmed Saturday.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury, head coach Craig Berube confirmed Friday after practice. Nick Alberga of The Leafs Nation was the first to report the day-to-day timeline.
Losers of three straight and starved for offense, some new statistics show that the Leafs need to make a trade to add some firepower if they want any success.
You can look to John Tavares and Matthew Knies’ imminent returns and hope they can spark the lineup, but this is still a team with Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner. Offence should not be this difficult and they have the raw talent to at least make games interesting. Tonight was far from it.
When: Wednesday, 7 p.m., Scotiabank Arena TV: Sportsnet Radio: The Fan 590 Odds: Wild +119, Maple Leafs -147 The buzz After winning four in a row from Dec. 31 to Jan. 7, the Wild has lost six of its past nine games,