Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans!

It's October, the leaves are turning, the players are skating, the Habs are losing, all is well with the world.

We are one week away from the start of the season, and things are starting to tighten up around the ol' training camp. Yesterday we saw a lot of players get moved from the main Leafs camp down to Marlies camp and none of the names were a surprise. Cathy covered that for you here:

First Cuts from Training Camp Roster
The AHLers are going camping on their own.
PPP LeafsCathy Squires

We got news on some injuries, Conor Timmins is out week to week, which is vague and concerning. Or not. Who knows what it means?

Conor Timmins out week-to-week
What does that mean? The trouble is, it could mean anything from Timmins is ready for opening day – it’s more than a week away – to he’s out until Christmas. It’s also possible this timeline will get updated to something worse, so when it comes to guessing how this impacts the
PPP LeafsCathy Squires

What else in camp? Calle Järnkrok says he missed some time because he twisted his neck, but feels like he'll play a pre-season game this week.

Good news! I'm still just as old as NHL players. Thank you Mark Giordano for being a true inspiration.

Some post-game cuts from last night.

Waivers happened again, and I'm not happy the Leafs let Akil Thomas go unclaimed. I've always liked him as a player, you can never have too many centres in the system, and the kid grew up a Leafs fan! Come on Leafs, just do me one favour. Anyway, do we want Adam Brooks again? Adam Brooks is available again.

Trevor Zegras signed with the Ducks, three years at $5.75M per.

Ducks sign star forward Trevor Zegras to 3-year contract
The Anaheim Ducks have signed the silky smooth forward to a three-year deal just days before the start of the NHL regular season.
Yahoo SportsJacob Stoller

One big RFA done for the Ducks. Now get on Jamie Drysdale.

The Penguins went to Sidney Crosby's hometown to hold a practice before they played the Ottawa Senators in Halifax.

Young Nova Scotia hockey fans eager to see hometown hero Sidney Crosby in action | CBC News
Many young hockey fans are eager to get a glimpse of their hometown hero as Sidney Crosby and his Pittsburgh Penguins are in Nova Scotia.
CBC

Staying out east, Cape Breton was the host of an NHL game after winning Kraft Hockeyville. A big scene for a small island.

Highly successful hockey weekend in Cape Breton
A sell-out crowd of nearly 5,000 fans filled Sydney’s Centre 200 on Sunday to witness the first NHL Exhibition game on the island in a long-time.
CTV News

The international para-hockey championships have started and Canada is in a good place, beating the host Czechia 2-1.

Canada edges host Czechs in men’s International Para Hockey Cup opener | CBC Sports
The Canadian men’s Para hockey team scored a pair of third-period goals in Monday’s 2-1 win over host Czech Republic at the International Para Hockey Cup in Ostrava.
CBC

Brandon Sutter retired after being cut from the Edmonton Oilers training camp. He was attending on a PTO.

Brandon Sutter retires from hockey after attempting comeback with Oilers
Veteran forward Brandon Sutter has announced his retirement from hockey after attempting to make a return to the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers.
Sportsnet| October 1, 2023, 5:10 PM

One of the oldest known hockey sticks has arrived in the Windsor, NS museum.

Historic hockey stick on display at N.S. museum highlights Mi’kmaw roots of the game | Globalnews.ca
David Foster Carter calls himself the Hockey Holmes Heritage Detective and says the 127-year-old Caruk could be the oldest-known, Mi’kmaw-made stick.
Global NewsSkye Bryden-Blom

Support your local museums, folks. You never know what you'll find.

That's it for me, chat away, I have to go to work and make up for having yesterday off. Yikes.

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