Leafs share critical update on injured forward ahead of tonight's clash with the Isles
The Toronto Maple Leafs returned to practice yesterday following their bye week and the All-Star weekend. It was a bit of an unusual practice as the Leafs' four all-stars - Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly and William Nylander - had their own practice on a separate pad of ice at the Leafs practice facility while the rest of the team was put through the paces by head coach Sheldon Keefe. In addition to not having four of their top players participating in the full practice, the Leafs were also without David Kampf.
Kampf's absence came as a bit of a surprise given that he did not miss any games leading up to the break, which had many wondering if it was more of an illness than injury. Unfortunately, following practice, Keefe provided an update on Kampf and it was not good. Keefe said that Kampf had suffered an injury prior to the break, but they would not know the extent of the injury until further testing came back and officially reported Kampf as day-to-day.
Just prior to the break, Keefe provided a similar type of update on Calle Jarnkrok, who is now out for the next month with a broken knuckle. Without Jarnkrok already, losing Kampf for a significant length of time will hinder the bottom-six and penalty kill further.
The Leafs should provide a further update on Kampf's injury and status at some point today. Through 46 games with the Leafs so far this season, Kampf has 4 goals and 8 points, is a minus-9 and has struggled defensively where he is often heavily relied upon by Keefe.
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5 FEVRIER | 692 ANSWERS Leafs share critical update on injured forward ahead of tonight's clash with the Isles Are you worried about Kampf's injury? | ||
| No, Holmberg can do his job | 352 | 50.9 % |
| Yes, Leafs are already short on depth at center | 186 | 26.9 % |
| I'll wait until we find out how bad it is | 154 | 22.3 % |
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