This is it, the end of the beginning. The Leafs will play their most meaningful preseason game tonight at home, and any decisions not already made by Kyle Dubas will be finalized. Cuts are the last act of the preseason drama, and the important ones come after this game is over.
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Detroit put something very like their full NHL lineup out on Friday and, while they won the game, they struggled mightily to do it. That was the second preseason contest where 1C Pontus Holmberg has been all the other team can handle.
The expectation had been that a lot of the same Red Wings would make the trip and play the back-to-back.