UPDATE October 9: Four more cuts have been made. See the list here.
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced this afternoon that they have made extensive cuts to the training camp roster.
Defender Raman Hrabarenka has been released from his PTO and 18 players have been sent to the Marlies, all waiver-exempt or on AHL contracts:
Forwards
Rich Clune
Frederik Gauthier
Andreas Johnsson
Kasperi Kapanen
Brendan Leipsic
Tobias Lindberg
Trevor Moore
Kerby Rychel
Colin Smith
Dmytro Timashov
Defence
Nikolas Baudrillard
Travis Dermott
Justin Holl
Viktor Loov
Andrew Nielsen
Rinat Valiev
Goalies
Antoine Bibeau
Garret Sparks
This leaves the roster at 29 players, including 18 forwards, nine defenders and 2 goalies. The updated roster is available here.
The last audition for the remaining players is tonight at 7 pm in Detroit. The opening day roster must be final by Tuesday, October 11 at 5 pm EST.
