Saturday FTB: Leafs head to Detroit

Good morning, and happy Saturday to everyone.

The Maple Leafs jetted off to Detroit yesterday to play the Red Wings tonight. We’ll have a preview/game chat post closer to game time, which is 7:30, so don’t get caught out.

Yesterday, Sheldon Keefe confirmed that Nick Robertson will play, Jack Campbell (from Port Huron) will start, and that several of the Leafs are suffering from whatever caused Ilya Mikheyev to leave the last game.

Nick Robertson making an impression as Leafs practice opens with some breakaways pic.twitter.com/2Ussurm71N

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) February 25, 2022

Some things to read/watch if you’re interested:

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— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 25, 2022

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