The Leafs flew to Vegas and put in a light day of practice work. Light day of work, means light news as well, but here’s what we’ve got…
Keefe said it was a maintenance days for Matthews, Campbell. Kase skated early and is “progressing”. He wanted them on the ice today for a while =”to keep the guys sharp, touch the puck, get a sweat, have a team meeting” A harder workout coming tomorrow.
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No Matthews or Campbell seem like a reason for panic, but in reality we’re just looking at maintenance days as both had a busy Saturday night. Campbell is heading into a back to back situation, and it will be interesting to see if Mrazek gets the first game of it to let Campbell have a bit more rest to head into a very well spaced out four remaining games of the trip where he could potentially start them all.
It’s nice to give Campbell his birthday off, and I’m sure the Leafs will be taking him to the Red Lobster on the strip tonight.
Ondrej Kase still isn’t ready to return to the Leafs lineup, and that’s fine. A little caution here doesn’t hurt, but with Kase along on the trip, and skating before practice there’s certainly hope that he could possibly be ready after the back to backs in Vegas and Arizona.
The just get them on the ice for a while aspect of the practice is probably why we didn’t see any fresh line combinations today.
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Author: Jon Steitzer / The Leafs Nation