Cathy Squires

Who is on the team, and how does it all add up?

That, and the rest of today’s noon news tidbits on Liljegren, Rychel and Sparks are here for you.

Here’s why.

The fight isn’t for the depth roster spots, so much as three press-box seats.

Cap-compliant 23-man rosters have to be filed on Tuesday. Getting there involves cuts and waivers.

This one really belongs in Ricoh.

Who is up and who is down?

Hyman helped too.

What was he up to while Auston Matthews made history?

Tough break fro the Leafs’ youngest goalie prospect.

A lot of the Leafs prospects are struggling, but Pierre Engvall has been put in a position to succeed, and it’s working out great.

Calle Rosen and Dominic Moore made their cases for a roster spot with quiet competence.

Marlies loan one player to the Leafs and get an ECHL defender on a try-out.

Given how AHL the lineups will be, the setting is likely appropriate.

It might be early in the season, but Rögle’s poor start suggests Liljegren is not going back there.

A deeper look at the numbers from last night’s game reveals a lot. Let’s dig in.

Komarov does not like change. But he either has to take his visor off or wear it properly.

Don’t give me any of that it’s just pre-season guff.

What’s the point of this game? There’s jobs on the line, and maybe Martin Marincin’s is one of them.

Who’s at risk, who’s exempt and how it all works.

Putting to rest the charge of cap circumvention. Who was on LTIR, when, and how much was used.

The NHL makes a bold move in cracking down on one of the most obvious infractions they’ve been oblivious to for years.

Pierre Engvall impresses, Yegor Korshkov is trying to hold his second line job, and Jesper Lindgren is getting the hang of Finnish hockey.

The Leafs post videos of the media scrums. I watched them all so you don’t have to.

I watched training camp vicariously, and capslocked at tweets from innocent beat reporters.