The Toronto Maple Leafs play their last preseason game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night, which means the 2021-22 roster will be set by the end of the weekend.
As we sit right now, the Toronto Maple Leafs have 27 players on the roster, however they’ll need to get to 21 to stay under the salary cap. As a result, there will be six cuts made after the game on Saturday night.
William Nylander was absent for practice earlier this week but here is a look at how the roster sits ahead of their last preseason game, via TSN’s Kristen Shilton:
#Leafs lines in practice:
Ritchie-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kase
Engvall-Kampf-Simmonds
Bunting-Kerfoot-Spezza
Brooks; Semyonov; Gabriel; AmadioRielly-Brodie
Muzzin-Holl
Sandin-Liljegren
Dermott-BiegaCampbell
Mrazek— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) October 7, 2021
We can use this as a guide towards the opening night roster but it doesn’t mean everything.