Martin Marincin placed on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs

Martin Marincin, Toronto MarliesThe Toronto Maple Leafs have placed defenseman Martin Marincin on waivers as of Noon on Saturday.

This kind of move was a matter of time with the Leafs carrying nine defensemen on a full 23-man roster following the Jake Muzzin acquisition (12F, 9D, 2G).

Martin Marincin has shown reasonably well in spot duty while appearing in ten games and playing limited minutes (15:07/game) on the left side of the bottom pairing — arguably better than Justin Holl in his two appearances — but Holl is right-handed and the addition of another left-handed shot to the mix in Muzzin made this inevitable.

The other option was to send down Igor Ozhiganov, who is waiver exempt on an…