2023 Training Camp Thread

[herman]

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1704480680162230743
I don't know why they are announcing it slightly incompletely.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I don't know why they are announcing it slightly incompletely.

Maybe Dubas took the PR guy with him to Pittsburgh.

 

[cabber24]

Kyle Clifford?

 

[herman]

I don't know why they are announcing it slightly incompletely.

Maybe Dubas took the PR guy with him to Pittsburgh.

The full list is in the tweet flip through, but the attachments in the press release are just the first pages published to PNGs.

 

[herman]

Invites: Jacob Frasca (as I expected), Mazden Leslie, Spencer Sova
All the other names you don't recognize are Marlies and Noah Gregor (PTO).

Leafs like to keep their Camps tighter than others, as the NHL roster is largely locked at this point (thanks salary cap!).

 

[herman]

Kyle Clifford?

He's still a Leaf (2 year NHL contract signed March 2022)

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1704488107695903212
Livestream rolling

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1704501275079934171
Of course someone asked.

Edit: Joshua Clipperton

 

[herman]

Treliving reporting:
Jake Muzzin is out for the year
Matt Murray requires surgery (some time this week) and significant rehab, so he is also out for the year.
Bobby McMann is not cleared yet to participate fully in camp (last year injury) and will work with Group 3.

Two other minor injuries during Traverse City: Braeden Kressler and Ty Voit

Group 3 is focused on Development/Recovery, and players from that group might float into the main Groups (1/2).

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1704504483361734722
Connor Timmins seems to have found a stretch of health to let him build back up.
Max Domi is a fire hydrant.

https://x.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1704505443597349310

 

[rjd]

https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1704504483361734722
Connor Timmins seems to have found a stretch of health to let him build back up.
Max Domi is a fire hydrant.

https://twitter.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1704505443597349310

How did Giordano grow an inch?

 

[herman]

https://x.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1704509968446095718
This is just because we don't have enough actual centres for two squads, but yeah, worth a looksee.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1704509870769082786

Interesting. Keefe has obviously dabbled with this in the past but it always seems more out of desperation and doesn't last very long. Giving it a legitimate shot while all the other centre's are healthy is another story altogether.

Also I noticed that Matthews, Marner, and Tavares were all in group 1 for camp without Willy so that raised an eyebrow. Domi is also not in group 1 (Bertuzzi and Knies are) so that could be some indication of where Keefe wants to try everyone at least to start.

 

[Peter D.]

Am I the only one who finds it crazy that the league is starting training camp closer to the end of September, and is still holding 7 or 8 pre-season games for each team, only to have the season start after Canadian Thanksgiving? 

No reason they shouldn't be in the midst of training camp right now with the season starting as the calendar month flips.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Based entirely on the two training camp groups I'm assuming the pre-pre-season expected regular season opening lines are:

Bertuzzi-Matthews-Marner
Knies-Tavares-Lafferty
Domi-Nylander-Jarnkrok
Gregor/Holmberg/McMann-Kampf-Reaves

Top-6 are all in group 1, bottom-6 are all in group 2. Certainly lots of time for that to change but Keefe generally doesn't just pick his camp groups/lines willy nilly.

 

[ZBBM]

Hey.  Something newsworthy is finally happening again.

 

[bustaheims]

Am I the only one who finds it crazy that the league is starting training camp closer to the end of September, and is still holding 7 or 8 pre-season games for each team, only to have the season start after Canadian Thanksgiving? 

No reason they shouldn't be in the midst of training camp right now with the season starting as the calendar month flips.

I think they only have 6 pre-season games now. Other than that, yeah, seems a little rushed.

 

[bustaheims]

How did Giordano grow an inch?

New and improved measuring tape. ;P

 

[dappleganger]

Based entirely on the two training camp groups I'm assuming the pre-pre-season expected regular season opening lines are:

Bertuzzi-Matthews-Marner
Knies-Tavares-Lafferty
Domi-Nylander-Jarnkrok
Gregor/Holmberg/McMann-Kampf-Reaves

Top-6 are all in group 1, bottom-6 are all in group 2. Certainly lots of time for that to change but Keefe generally doesn't just pick his camp groups/lines willy nilly.

Building 3rd line around Willy is a great idea imo. That would put a 40-goal scorer on each of the top 3 lines. Run all three lines evenly. I hope they stick with it. 

 

[dappleganger]

How did Giordano grow an inch?

New and improved measuring tape. ;P

Giordano spent the offseason sleeping upside down like a bat.