Maple Leafs unveil full lineup for preseason game in Montreal.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced their full lineup for today's game against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will travel to Montreal on Saturday to take on long time rivals the Montreal Canadiens and, as has often been the case for teams traveling on the road in the preseason, they will be leaving a good number of their regular National Hockey League level players at home in Toronto.
That being said it will still be a big night for all of the youngsters in the Maple Leafs lineup, as well as for more regular players like Nicholas Robertson and Simon Benoit in particular.
In the case of Robertson, it will be a chance for him to once again showcase that he is worthy of a spot in the lineup after an apparent trade request earlier in the summer. Robertson picked up a big goal for the Maple Leafs in his last outing and that has no doubt done wonders for him in the eyes of new Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube.
In the case of Benoit things are a little simpler, it will be a chance for the native of Laval, Quebec to play for his hometown NHL team and there will no doubt be plenty of family in attendance to watch him do just that. He won't be the only Quebec native in the lineup this evening either, with the Maple Leafs also bringing forward Cedric Pare and defenseman Marshall Rifai for this preseason game.
You can see the full preseason lineup for the Maple Leafs tonight right here:
Forwards:
Forwards
Abruzzese, Nick
Cowan, Easton
Grebenkin, Nikita
Hirvonen, Roni
Holmberg, Pontus
Knies, Matthew
Lorentz, Steven
Nylander, Alexander
Pare, Cedric
Quillan, Jacob
Robertson, Nicholas
Tverberg, Ryan
Defensemen:
Benoit, Simon
Kokkonen, Mikko
Mattinen, Nicolas
Myers, Philippe
Niemelä, Topi
Rifai, Marshall
Timmins, Conor
Goalies
Akhtyamov, Artur
Hildeby, Dennis