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2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

herman said:
Easton Cowan

On the complete opposite spectrum of Pezzetta is Easton Cowan, who reportedly now weighs 190 pounds and stands 6’0, which is about 20 pounds heavier and an inch or two taller than when he was drafted.

If Cowan does make the team, it should really only be in a top-six role, as it wouldn’t make sense to put him in a checking role alongside Nic Roy or a fourth-line spot with limited minutes when they can fill a similar role with a Nick Robertson, who has shown he can produce there. The question is whether he could make a case for playing alongside John Tavares in an offensive role; on paper, Tavares would be a great mentor if Cowan is ready for the big leagues.

The Leafs are chock-full of veterans and other skill players who will want to win the spot, like Maccelli and Robertson, so Cowan would have to put on quite the show to seriously enter the conversation. Still, he has enough pedigree and talent to warrant the label “bubble player” heading into camp. We’ll see how he fares.
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If Cowan could earn a spot on the wing with Tavares and Nylander that would bode well for the Leafs. Ideally that is where Cowan would end up if he can reach his potential. Maybe he'd do well on a 3rd line with Joshua and Roy? I hope he proves he belongs on the roster.
 
herman said:
Probably not the thread for it, but this pseudoscience stuff (and oftentimes religion) is the weapon that those who seek power use to subjugate the masses for their own gain. We need look no further than to the neighbours south of Canada right now, who have used these very tools to steer discourse and policy towards the profit of a few, to the harmful detriment of many. They target education, literature, empathy, critical thinking to create a more compliant population, and point to some external subset of people (sub-people) to lay the blame for the ill-effects of their machinations.
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Yeah, probably not the thread for it. Really opened up a can of worms there. 😅
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1966176663630168178
Where does it need to get better?
Berube: Mentally. If you look at Game 5 and Game 7 at home against Florida, we didn’t perform at the level we needed to in those games. We got impatient at times. We just didn’t stick to our game.

If you look at Game 6 in Florida, we played a really good, solid game where we were patient all game, we were heavy, and we were hard. I just thought we didn’t do that at home. The mindset at home, in these big games, has to improve.

Overall, I think we still can improve our identity. That is the focus at camp. We can be tougher than we were. It has nothing to do with the fighting aspect of the game. It is about being a hard, physical team, a mentally tough team, and not breaking.

You can bend, but you can’t break. To me, that is a big thing in camp that we have to push. We have to get our players to take another step.
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Training Camp roster should be announced later today, since camp starts tomorrow(?) with weigh-ins and medical clearances. Mirtle will probably have an article about weight and height changes and every person interviewed will talk about how they relish the Toronto market, the challenge and the motivating privilege of pressure that comes from a fanbase that cares.

As always, the training camp roster will be huge for the first half, including Marlies/Cyclones and Invites/PTOs so there are enough bodies for two full squads + spares. Marlies and Cyclones get trimmed off for the back half as AHL camps open, but the Leafs will hang on to worthy prospects, like the ones that were drafted highest to justify their scouting departments' work.

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Maple Leafs Announce 2025 NHL Preseason Schedule | Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today the club's 2025 NHL preseason schedule, which begins on Sunday, September 21st against the Ottawa Senators. The club will play six preseason games in total with three games at home and three games on the road. The Maple Leafs will play two games against
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  • Sunday, September 21 – 3:00 pm ET at Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre (Ottawa, ON)
  • Tuesday, September 23 – 7:00 pm ET vs. Ottawa Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Thursday, September 25 – 7:00 pm ET at Montréal Bell Centre (Montréal, QC)
  • Saturday, September 27 – 7:00 pm ET vs Montréal Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Thursday, October 2 – 7:00 pm ET vs Detroit Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Saturday, October 4 – 7:00 pm ET at Detroit Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
 
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herman said:
Training Camp roster should be announced later today, since camp starts tomorrow(?) with weigh-ins and medical clearances. Mirtle will probably have an article about weight and height changes and every person interviewed will talk about how they relish the Toronto market, the challenge and the motivating privilege of pressure that comes from a fanbase that cares.

As always, the training camp roster will be huge for the first half, including Marlies/Cyclones and Invites/PTOs so there are enough bodies for two full squads + spares. Marlies and Cyclones get trimmed off for the back half as AHL camps open, but the Leafs will hang on to worthy prospects, like the ones that were drafted highest to justify their scouting departments' work.

www.nhl.com

Maple Leafs Announce 2025 NHL Preseason Schedule | Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today the club's 2025 NHL preseason schedule, which begins on Sunday, September 21st against the Ottawa Senators. The club will play six preseason games in total with three games at home and three games on the road. The Maple Leafs will play two games against
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com
  • Sunday, September 21 – 3:00 pm ET at Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre (Ottawa, ON)
  • Tuesday, September 23 – 7:00 pm ET vs. Ottawa Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Thursday, September 25 – 7:00 pm ET at Montréal Bell Centre (Montréal, QC)
  • Saturday, September 27 – 7:00 pm ET vs Montréal Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Thursday, October 2 – 7:00 pm ET vs Detroit Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, ON)
  • Saturday, October 4 – 7:00 pm ET at Detroit Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
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Should start a drinking game. Every time Mitch Marner's name is mentioned, you take a shot.
 
Today is the opening of Training Camp.
No camp roster announced yet, but the team is doing media availabilities. GM, Coach, Captain, and Assistant Captains are speaking.

Treliving indicated there are 73 players in Camp this year.
Mark Giordano is joining the Marlies in a development capacity.

Also:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1968311772181672058

https://twitter.com/x/status/1968325374556725393
https://twitter.com/x/status/1968339413320053056
 
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Owen Conrad's Prospect Tournament performance earned him an invite to the Training Camp.
Alex Pharand, the other invite at the tournament is not part of camp.

KHL/SHL prospects started their respective seasons already, so they're not here; the only other draft pick of note not included in camp is William Belle, 2025 5th rd pick, who also missed the Prospect Tournament, presumably due to injury as I can't find any instance of anyone asking or caring about where he is other than my posts.
 
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the only other draft pick of note not included in camp is William Belle, 2025 5th rd pick, who also missed the Prospect Tournament,, presumably due to injury as I can't find any instance of anyone asking or caring about where he is other than my posts.
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The NCAA has some restrictions and whatnot around that, so those players rarely if ever attend training camps.
 
Villeneuve put on almost 10 lbs since last season, almost 20 lbs since he was drafted now. Not exactly expecting much from him in what is a pretty big make or break season, but having more of a NHL body won't hurt.
 
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1968377446119682406
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Rielly always seemed a little oddly big for an offensive defenceman who isn't particularly physical. Last season 30 defencemen scored 40 or more points. He was the 4th "heaviest" one at 225 while the top-3 had 5-6 inches on him (Hedman, Hamilton, Power). 20 of those 30 defencemen were 210 or under. Just 3 of the top-10 scoring defencemen last season were over 200 lbs: Werenski at 211, Dahlin at 204, and Hedman at 245 (while of course being freakishly tall).
 
I got carried away with playing with filters so these were all the defencemen last year to be 6'2" or below and 220 lbs or above (Rielly was listed at 6'1", 225 lbs): Rielly, Ian Cole, Luke Schenn, David Savard, Ryan Pulock, Alexander Romanov, Jack Johnson, and Ryan Shea. Certainly an odd group for Mo to be included in.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I got carried away with playing with filters so these were all the defencemen last year to be 6'2" or below and 220 lbs or above (Rielly was listed at 6'1", 225 lbs): Rielly, Ian Cole, Luke Schenn, David Savard, Ryan Pulock, Alexander Romanov, Jack Johnson, and Ryan Shea. Certainly an odd group for Mo to be included in.
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It's been briefly discussed in earlier Q&As and through Berube/Treliving now, but it really sounds like Rielly had this idea of what Berube would want (the heavy defensive stereotype) and he set his mind and his body to try to become that player type, to his detriment.

One of his answers at today's presser sounded like he was echoing what the GM and coach told him in the run up to this season: play to his strengths.
 
herman said:
It's been briefly discussed in earlier Q&As and through Berube/Treliving now, but it really sounds like Rielly had this idea of what Berube would want (the heavy defensive stereotype) and he set his mind and his body to try to become that player type, to his detriment.

One of his answers at today's presser sounded like he was echoing what the GM and coach told him in the run up to this season: play to his strengths.
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I think that's certainly true but his size not matching what you'd normally expect from an offensive defenceman has been a thing basically his entire career. He was 225 in the season before Berube too, and it looks like this will be the first time he's under 220 since the 2018 camp.

Being 219 lbs now isn't some dramatic transformation but I also wouldn't be surprised if he continues to try to slim down more in the second half of his career.
 
I don’t really care about annything else if Gunnarwolfe Fontaine doesn’t make the opening night roster.
 
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