The Toronto Maple Leafs injury bug has claimed two more victims after their victory against the Devils Friday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been firing on all cylinders since Sheldon Keefe was named head coach back on November 20th.
Posting a 12-4-1 record under Keefe, the Leafs went on a seven game points streak and now hold second place in the Atlantic Division.
Despite the team turning the tide after the Babcock saga, the Toronto Maple Leafs have yet to play a single game this season with a healthy roster.
Toronto Maple Leafs Injury Report
It seems every game they get a player back, another one goes down. The Maple Leafs PR released a series up injury updates on Saturday, adding Jake Muzzin and Ilya Mikheyev to the list of injuries.
@MapleLeafs defenceman Jake Muzzin will not play against New York tonight. He is week-to-week with a broken foot. #LeafsForever
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) December 28, 2019
The Maple Leafs PR also released that defenceman Timothy Liljegren and forward Kenny Agostino have been called up from the Toronto Marlies.
With Rasmus Sandin playing in the Word Junior Championship for Sweden, the Muzzin injury opens a spot and opportunity for Timothy Liljegren.
The @MapleLeafs have recalled forward Kenny Agostino and defenceman Timothy Liljegren from the @TorontoMarlies (AHL).
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) December 28, 2019
Forwards Ilya Mikheyev and Trevor Moore have been placed on injured reserve. #LeafsForever
Mikheyev and Moore have effectively been put on IR and Jake Muzzin listed as week-to-week, which leaves the Maple Leafs without three key contributing forwards and their top shutdown left hand defenceman.
In a season where the majority of the health conversation likely hovered around Auston Matthews’ inability to play a full season since his rookie campaign, it has been everyone but Matthews holding the ice packs.
In 40 games so far this season, the Toronto Maple leafs have lost a total of 84 man games combined. The image below highlights each player who has missed games this season, and the players who are currently injured.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have battled a ton of adversity this NHL season.
It started out with contract negotiations with Mitch Marner in the summer, Auston Matthews’ run into with the law, Mike Babcock and his struggles early, the firing of Mike Babcock, and now the injury bug.
When you consider where the team is in spite of all this, it truly is impressive.
It’s the next man up mentality for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and despite all the injury issues and distractions from the beginning of the season; the have points in seven straight games and look to continue the hot streak on Tuesday when they take on the Minnesota Wild on the road.