Right when things were looking good for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ilya Mikheyev, he suffered an injury in the team’s last preseason game on Saturday night.
Ilya Mikheyev requested a trade during the offseason because he wanted more playing time. Instead of granting him that wish, the Toronto Maple Leafs gave him an opportunity to play on the second line with John Tavares and William Nylander.
Since the last NHL preseason game is typically a dress rehearsal for the real thing and Mikheyev was still on that second line, it looked as if he was going to start the regular season there.