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# Maple Leafs playoff roster
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-playoff-roster-eligible-players-black-aces-taxi-squad/
- Published: 2021-05-16T15:06:53.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-16T15:06:53.000Z
- Description: Now that there’s no salary cap, this is the team (for now).
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

These are the players eligible to play on the Maple Leafs right now:

### Forwards

Auston Matthews  
John Tavares  
Mitch Marner  
William Nylander  
Alexander Kerfoot  
Ilya Mikheyev  
Wayne Simmonds  
Nick Foligno  
PIerre Engvall  
Alex Galchenyuk  
Adam Brooks  
Jason Spezza  
Joe Thornton  
Denis Malgin  
Zach Hyman  
Riley Nash  
Scott Sabourin

### Defenders

Jake Muzzin  
Morgan Rielly  
TJ Brodie  
Justin Holl  
Ben Hutton  
Rasmus Sandin  
Travis Dermott  
Mac Hollowell  
Zach Bogosian

### Goalies

Frederik Andersen  
Jack Campbell  
David Rittich

Update Monday, May 17:

Scott Sabourin and Mac Hollowell are back with the Marlies, and everyone is at practice out of non-contact jerseys except the mysteriously absent Ben Hutton.

> Sheldon Keefe says Zach Bogosian took a 'positive step' which is why he was in a regular sweater at practice ... still not cleared to play, but expected back during the Habs series  
>  
> Ben Hutton has a non-COVID medical situation that Leafs staff is monitoring [@TSN\_Edge](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FEdge?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [May 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1394356658940399617?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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There is no Taxi Squad in the playoffs, so there is no intermediate step. Players are either on the NHL roster or in the AHL, subject to recall rules and limits until the AHL season ends, which for the Maple Leafs is May 20, just before their first playoff game starts.

Only players on NHL contracts can play or join the roster for the NHL playoffs. That seems obvious, but confusion continues to reign over the difference between an NHL and an AHL contract. Drafted prospects have to have a current season NHL ELC to join the team, so Rodion Amirov cannot. He can watch from the pressbox, subject to Covid rules, of course.

Players on NHL contracts in Europe, like Filip Hållander can be added at any time. He is currently on the Swedish national team.

That’s the pool to draw from, make up you team and lines how you like!