One More Day
Wednesday, 05.10.2011 / 4:29 PM
By Matt Iaboni - Mapleleafs.com online producer / Mapleleafs.com Blog
PrintThe Maple Leafs had their final practice on Wednesday before the season begins against the Montreal Canadiens Thursday at Air Canada Centre (7 p.m., CBC, AM640).
There will be a tailgate part at Maple Leaf Square on Thursday. Fans can not only watch
PROJECTED LINEUP
| Forwards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Frattin | Grabovski | Kulemin |
| Lupul | bozak | kessel |
| steckel | dupuis | armstrong |
| rosehill | lombardi | brown |
| extras | ||
| orr | mACARTHUR | |
| DEFENSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| GUNNARSSON | PHANEUF | |
| LILES | SCHENN | |
| GARDINER | KOMISAREK | |
| extra | ||
| FRANSON | ||
| GOALIES |
|---|
| REIMER |
| GUSTAVSSON |
| INJURED | |
|---|---|
| KADRI | Connolly |
The newest Maple Leaf, David Steckel took part in his first practice. He will be in the lineup tomorrow night wearing number 20. You can get Steckel's thoughts on the trade by watching the video below.
Tim Connolly will not be in the lineup as he was placed on the injury reserve list in order to get the Leafs down to the 23 man roster that was required by 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
You can see the lineup that the Leafs are expected to have for the first game of the 2011-12 season. James Reimer will start in net.
Mapleleafs.com's Mike Ulmer looked at the development of Carl Gunnarsson from the Leafs last pick in the 2007 draft to now being paired with Dion Phaneuf on the top pairing Thursday. Read the full story
Ulmer also spoke with Garth Malarchuk who is the Leafs Western Canadian scout about James Reimer and found out who convinced the Leafs to take the Morweena, Manitoba native. Read more
