Toronto Maple Leafs Potential Opening Night Roster

Mar 13, 2022; Hamilton, Ontario, CAN; The Toronto Maple Leafs bench celebrates a goal against Buffalo Sabres goaltender Craig Anderson (41) (not pictured) during the second period in the 2022 Heritage Classic ice hockey game at Tim Hortons Field. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a lot of depth moves this off-season, but other than the goaltending, the roster won’t look truly different this season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs spent the summer retooling the bottom six, third-pairing defense, and goaltending, while leaving their core in tact.

The Leafs may not have made any exciting move’s, but they still figure to be among the NHL’s best teams, and will continue to ice two of the best players in the game in Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner.

The defense is still mostly unchanged at this point, with only Ilya Lyubushkin moving on, and depth acquisitions Victor Mete and Jordie Benn joining the team. The defense remains unsettled, as the Leafs have nine NHL players once the Rasmus Sandin situation is resolved.

As mentioned, the goaltending is completely different with Jack Campbell out and Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov in.

Let’s take a look at the potential lineup the Maple Leafs will ice in the season, with the idea of icing the BEST lineup rather than specific matchups (see Colorado Avalanche and Kurtis MacDermid as a reference).

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