Leafs unveil projected lineup for tomorrow's season opener
The Toronto Maple Leafs were back at practice on Tuesday, gearing up for their official 2023-24 home opener at Scotiabank Arena tomorrow night. The Montreal Canadiens are their first opponents of the season and this one may end up being a barn-burner with the emotions high for both teams.
The Leafs had announced on Monday that 19-year-old Fraser Minten has made the team out of training camp, which is an excellent story. As far as where he'll play, Keefe has him beginning the season with Matthew Knies on his left flank and veteran Calle Jarnkrok on his right.
The roster is pretty decked out from top to bottom and, minus Conor Timmins, the Buds will have all hands on deck. Here's how the lines shaped up at practice today:
Bertuzzi-Matthews-Marner
Domi-Tavares-Nylander
Knies-Minten-Jarnkrok
Gregor-Kampf-Reaves
Extra: McMann-Cowan
Rielly-Brodie
McCabe-Klingberg
Giordano-Liljegren
Samsonov
Woll
The Leafs have yet to officially sign Noah Gregor to an NHL contract, following what can only be described as a successful PTO, resulting in the Leafs opting to trade Sam Lafferty to keep a spot open for Gregor, who formed a sensational 4th line in camp, consisting of Gregor, David Kampf and newcomer Ryan Reaves.
Both Ilya Samsonov and Joseph Woll left a lot to be desired in their performances at training camp, so it will be important for both netminders to clean up their games in the early going to avoid any sort of early goaltending controversy.
All of Reaves, Klingberg, Domi and Bertuzzi are preparing to be in the lineup, as expected. Buckle up, folks. The fun begins for Leaf fans tomorrow night!
| POLL | ||
OCTOBRE 10 | 187 ANSWERS Leafs unveil projected lineup for tomorrow's season opener Who will be the Leafs' starting goalie by season's end? | ||
| Woll | 76 | 40.6 % |
| Samsonov | 90 | 48.1 % |
| Other | 21 | 11.2 % |
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