Final cuts are here, well almost. 2 more decisions still to come.
The cuts to send waiver exempt players to the Marlies today are:
Miro Aaltonen
Travis Dermott
Frederik Gauthier
Justin Holl
Andreas Johnsson
Kasperi Kapanen
Tobias Lindberg
Mason Marchment
Trevor Moore
Andrew Nielsen
Michael Paliotta
Nikita Soshnikov
Dmytro Timashov
Rinat Valiev
Notable demotions include Miro Aaltonen, who has obviously lost the battle for the 4C job, and Kasperi Kapanen.
Players who are not waiver-exempt must be placed on waivers before they can be sent to the AHL. Every team in the league will have the chance to claim these players.
The list of waived players today is:
Colin Greening
Vincent LoVerde
Chris Mueller
Kerby Rychel
Ben Smith
Garret Sparks
As reported earlier today, Carl Grundström has been returned to Frölunda of the SHL.
The @MapleLeafs announced today that the hockey club has reduced its roster to 26 players. #TMLtalk
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 2, 2017
Looks like Auston Matthews has survived another round of #Leafs cuts. But the roster is at 26. More cuts to come. pic.twitter.com/jGl35U1M6z
— Kevin McGran (@kevin_mcgran) October 2, 2017
#Leafs defence still includes Liljegren, Polak . 10 D as of right now
— Kevin McGran (@kevin_mcgran) October 2, 2017
Leafs are down to 10 D - but of the 10 there is Liljegren, Polak, Marincin, Rosen and Borgman - Growing depth at D, just not NHL ready D.
— steve simmons (@simmonssteve) October 2, 2017