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There were a few notable absences at Toronto Maple Leafs practice on Friday, including defenceman Jake McCabe and forwards Nick Robertson and Calle Jarnkrok.
Robertson scored two goals in Thursday night's victory over the Detroit Red Wings, and has five goals in preseason action.Toronto also announced a bevy of players were reassigned to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL: forwards Joseph Blandisi, Nikita Grebenkin, Roni Hirvonen, Alex Nylander, Cedric Pare, Jacob Quillan, Logan Shaw and Ryan Tverberg. The defencemen sent down were Mikko Kokkonen, Nicolas Mattinen, Topi Niemala, Matteo Pietroniro and Cade Webber.
The Maple Leafs play their final preseason game on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings before opening the regular season with a battle against the Montreal Canadiens next Wednesday.The team indicated that players participating in the early skate on Friday morning are not going to be playing against the Red Wings.
Head coach Dean Evason seemed to indicate that his injury could impact final roster decisions before the season opener next Thursday, but wouldn't give a timeline, per The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.
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