Big Updates From Leafs Practice.

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March 17, 2018 (11:50)

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"Heading into their Saturday night game against the Montreal Canadiens, the Toronto Maple Leafs are a bit of a hobbled bunch. Of course the hottest topic of conversation has been Auston Matthews health and the hope he'll be back to game action after he started skating with teammates. On Saturday morning the 20 year old was wearing a regular jersey for the first time since returning to the ice. While he didn't participate in full line rushes with a regular line, head coach Mike Babcock said Matthews is looking good and he's "getting close to a return".While Matthews looks closer to a return, there was a couple of faces missing from practice. Nikita Zaitsev (illness), Frederik Andersen (upper body) and Leo Komarov (left leg) were all missing from practice. Babcock mentioned that Zaitsev and Andersen skated before practice while Komarov is now labeled as day to day.Here's the lines from practice:JVR - Bozak - BrownMarleau - Kadri - Marner Hyman - Nylander - JohnssonMoore - Plekanec - Kapanen
Auston Matthews is at #Leafs morning skate in a regular sweater, not a non-contact sweater, but is not taking rushes. As I've said before, would think he needs a full practice before he gets back in a game. https://t.co/OEkgUF0ux9
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) March 17, 2018

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