Leafs announce opening day roster

September 30, 2009 in Miscellaneous 2

The Maple Leafs have released their opening day roster for the 2009-10 season. Toronto will carry 13 forwards, 7 defencemen and 2 goaltenders. Both Phil Kessel (forward) and Mike Van Ryn (defenceman) are on injured reserve, and are not included in the total.

The Leafs final cuts include forwards Tyler Bozak, Nikolai Kulemin and Jiri Tlusty, along with defenceman Carl Gunnarsson and goaltender Joey MacDonald, all of whom were assigned to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.

The team plays its first game of the season on Thursday – opening night in the NHL – against Montreal at Air Canada Centre.

LEAFS OPENING DAY ROSTER

Forwards
Jason Blake
Mikhail Grabovski
Niklas Hagman
Phil Kessel (injured reserve)
Jamal Mayers
John Mitchell
Colton Orr
Alexei Ponikarovsky
Wayne Primeau
Jay Rosehill

Viktor Stalberg
Matt Stajan
Lee Stempniak
Rickard Wallin

Defence
Francois Beauchemin
Garnet Exelby
Jeff Finger
Tomas Kaberle
Mike Komisarek
Luke Schenn
Mike Van Ryn (injured reserve)
Ian White

Goaltenders
Jonas Gustavsson
Vesa Toskala

About Rob Del Mundo: Rob is an avid Leafs fan, and Leafs media member working for Stan Fischler Hockey Services. He is also the author of Blue And White Beat, and is a part-owner and a regular columnist at TMLfans.ca.

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2 Responses to “Leafs announce opening day roster”

Misterfister September 30, 2009 at 5:44 pm #

Um. Where is jamal mayers on that list?

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Misterfister September 30, 2009 at 5:45 pm #

I found him

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