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# Leafs Announce 23-Man Roster
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/leafs-announce-23-man-roster/
- Published: 2016-10-11T20:42:45.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-11T20:42:45.000Z
- Description: This is the Leafs roster for Opening Night.
- Author: Mike Boultbee
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

The Leafs announced their final cuts today, releasing [Brandon Prust](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54671/brandon-prust?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) from his professional tryout, sending [Brooks Laich](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54344/brooks-laich?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to the Marlies, and designating [Josh Leivo](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/143529/josh-leivo?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to non-roster status.

With these final cuts made, this is the final 23-man roster for the Leafs' opening game against the [Senators](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/ottawa-senators?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) in Ottawa tomorrow:

| 2  | D    | [Matt Hunwick](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54887/matt-hunwick?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (A)        |
| -- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 8  | D    | [Connor Carrick](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157299/connor-carrick?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)       |
| 11 | LW   | [Zach Hyman](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111757/zach-hyman?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)               |
| 12 | RW   | [Connor Brown](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157254/connor-brown?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)           |
| 15 | LW   | [Matt Martin](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/85940/matt-martin?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)              |
| 16 | C/RW | Mitch Marner                                                                                                 |
| 18 | LW   | [Milan Michalek](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54753/milan-michalek?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)        |
| 20 | D    | [Frank Corrado](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/143679/frank-corrado?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)         |
| 21 | LW   | James van Riemsdyk                                                                                           |
| 22 | D    | [Nikita Zaitsev](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/283139/nikita-zaitsev?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)       |
| 24 | C    | [Peter Holland](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/71829/peter-holland?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)          |
| 29 | C    | [William Nylander](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/246220/william-nylander?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)   |
| 34 | C    | [Auston Matthews](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/282126/auston-matthews?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)     |
| 42 | C    | [Tyler Bozak](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/71017/tyler-bozak?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (A)          |
| 43 | C    | [Nazem Kadri](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/71825/nazem-kadri?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)              |
| 44 | D    | [Morgan Rielly](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157191/morgan-rielly?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (A)     |
| 46 | D    | [Roman Polak](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55153/roman-polak?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)              |
| 47 | RW   | [Leo Komarov](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/156612/leo-komarov?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (A)         |
| 51 | D    | [Jake Gardiner](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/130014/jake-gardiner?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)         |
| 52 | D    | [Martin Marincin](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111593/martin-marincin?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)     |
| 53 | RW   | [Seth Griffith](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157267/seth-griffith?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)         |
| 1  | G    | [Jhonas Enroth](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55699/jhonas-enroth?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)          |
| 31 | G    | [Frederik Andersen](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/111720/frederik-andersen?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) |

A few things of note:

(1) The Leafs announced that, to no one's surprise, there will not be a captain this year. They also named their four alternates: Hunwick, Bozak, Rielly, and Komarov.

(2) As mentioned above, Josh Leivo has been announced as a "non-roster" player. We are not sure what exactly that means, though it sounds as though his salary will not count against the cap. If Leafs brass is to be believed, what this could mean is that Leivo's injuries are as bad as they let on. That, or Lou's cooking up some cap wizardry to protect Leivo from waivers.

(3) The Leafs will ice six rookies on its opening night roster. In addition to the much-ballyhooed trio of Nylander, Marner, and Matthews, they will also have Zach Hyman, Connor Brown, and Nikita Zaitsev on hand.

(4) [Joffrey Lupul](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55006/joffrey-lupul?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) remains in a time-space vortex of being too hurt to do anything. I'm not saying it's aliens, but...aliens?