I hope everyone enjoyed their two days off from Leafs hockey, because we’re back at it tonight baby, and who knows what that means any more!

There’s been some roster shuffles and some intriguing lineups being tested at practice, so stay tuned for more info on what we can expect tonight in the game preview.

Auston Matthews, Frederik Andersen, and Cody Ceci also went to the Raptors game on Thursday night, so hopefully they managed to take a thing or two away from watching a championship team play in the same building they do.

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Wait, who’s on what where now? Find out here!

Maple Leafs place Andreas Johnsson on LTIR, call up three players

Katya takes a look at the existential question haunting all Leafs fans this season:

How good does the Maple Leafs backup have to be?

And Fulemin does a great job of making us all panic more breaking down the realities of where the Leafs sit right now in the league:

The Leafs Have A Ten-Week Season

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Punch yourself square in the emotions with this article about Pontus Aberg balancing being a single dad with his hockey career:

Maple Leafs’ Pontus Aberg finding balance between parenthood, hockey

Jeremy Bracco thinks he’s ready for the NHL:

Marlies’ Bracco feels he is ready for a chance with Leafs

Good news! The Leafs are not the only team in the MLSE hockey empire struggling with goaltending right now! Or, no, wait–

Newfoundland Growlers have wrinkles in the crease | The Telegram

White Ribbon was founded in 1991 as a response to the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, with a mission to engage men and boys in the prevention of gender-based violence. The Toronto Maple Leafs have been partnered with the organization for their Men of Quality campaign since 2017, and members of the team again this year pledged to challenge racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism in their community, and invited fans to take the same pledge.

And that’s enough reading for a Saturday morning...

Time for some video content!

Happy game day everyone!

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