Ahead of Wednesday’s final, concurrent preseason games against the Ottawa Senators, the Toronto Maple Leafs have reduced their training camp roster by 27 players.
Toronto previously placed Cole McWard and Dakota Mermis on waivers for the purpose of re-assignment to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies on Wednesday, as first reported by PuckPedia.
Vinny Borgesi, Brandon Buhr, Hayes Hundley and Borya Valis have been also re-assigned to the Marlies. Toronto also sent 14 players to Marlies training camp, including Marc Johnstone, Logan Shaw and Timofei Obvintsev, while sending four players to the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones, including Joe Miller.
The following players have been assigned to Toronto Marlies training camp:
Matt Anderson
Matthew Barbolini
Sawyer Boulton
Frank Djurasevic
Reese Johnson
Marc Johnstone
Ryan Kirwan
Jackson Kunz
Kaiden Mbereko
Ben Meehan
Ross Mitton
Timofei Obvintsev
Logan Shaw
Sam Stevens— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR)
[September 23, 2026]
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