On the last day of preseason, a few hours before the waiver claims and clears are in and the cap-compliant roster has been made, the Leafs took to the ice:
Leafs lines at practice
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Nylander - Tavares - Malgin
Engvall - Kerfoot - Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese - Kampf - Aube-Kubel
Holmberg, Robertson
Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Giordano - Sandin
Kral - Villeneuve
Murray
Samsonov@TSN_Edge— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 10, 2022This is an interesting lineup, and we should remember a few things about it: the Leafs play a back-to-back to open the season, and just because he’s taking line rushes in practice doesn’t mean John Tavares will play both of those games.