A lot of attention today focused on the makeup of the two roster groups after the Leafs split up their camp roster for this week. The Leafs did have to hit their minimum veteran requirements for this game, so while it’s safe to say those skating with the NHL group have placed themselves in a good position going into the final week of preseason, nothing is set in stone.
As much as both have played well in camp and preseason, given the team’s cap bind it’s probably not a coincidence that we’re talking about Dmytro Timashov and Frederik Gauthier (potentially) on the opening-night roster when they’re the two cheapest NHL player salaries in the entire organization ($694,000 and $675,000, respectively).