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# Maple Leafs Practice Report: 2nd week of camp
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-practice-report-2nd-week-of-camp/
- Published: 2025-09-24T17:00:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-24T17:00:51.000Z
- Description: Now that everyone has seen all the players, the lines are taking shape.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: Training Camp

In the first week of training camp, leading into the first two preseason games, Max Domi was the only notable absence up front. He's back now, and the remaining players are mostly healthy. Nic Roy has missed some practices and hasn't played yet, and Simon Benoit is still not taking part. And, in case you missed it, Joe Woll is taking a leave of absence for an undisclosed private matter. 

With all the junior players save Ben Danford back with their teams, the camp is streamlined a bit, and the new groups, not dramatically different from the old ones, are: 

### Group One

Steven Lorentz  
Calle Järnkrok  
Matthew Knies  
Scott Laughton  
Auston Matthews  
Easton Cowan  
Matias Maccelli  
David Kämpf  
Ryan Tverberg  
Nick Robertson  
Alex Nylander

Brandon Carlo  
John Prokop  
Morgan Rielly  
Phil Myers  
Blake Smith  
Marshall Rifai  
Oliver Ekman-Larsson  
Chas Sharpe

Dennis Hildeby  
Artur Akhtyamov

[Group One lines today](https://x.com/dalter/status/1970886883736490402?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com): 

Knies - Matthews - Maccelli  
Lorentz - Laughton - Cowan  
Robertson - Kämpf - Järnkrok  
Tverberg - Quillan - Nylander

Rielly - Carlo  
Ekman-Larsson - Myers  
Rifai - Sharpe  
Smith - Prokop

Line three in this group is essentially line five on the depth chart as it stands now. Everyone on the Quillan line here and the two bottom-six lines below are heading to the Marlies. 

With Woll attending to his personal business, the buzz has been about the opportunity for Dennis Hildeby – who played very well in two scoreless periods in Game Two. However, it's Artur Akhtyamov who is getting in more preseason games, and Slava Peksa who will be with this main group longer. 

### Group Two

Max Domi  
Bo Groulx  
Borya Valis  
Luke Haymes  
Nicolas Roy  
Michael Pezzetta  
Vinni Lettieri  
Travis Boyd  
Bobby McMann  
Dakota Joshua  
William Nylander  
John Tavares

Henry Thrun  
Chris Tanev  
Jake McCabe  
Matt Benning  
Dakota Mermis  
Ben Danford  
Cade Webber  
William Villeneuve

Anthony Stolarz  
Vyacheslav Peksa

[Group Two lines today](https://x.com/dalter/status/1970860431670722596?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com): 

McMann - Tavares - Nylander  
Joshua - Roy - Domi  
Pezzetta - Haymes - Lettieri  
Valis - Groulx - Boyd

McCabe - Tanev  
Mermis - Danford  
Thrun - Villeneuve  
Webber - Benning

Domi starts camp on what appears to be the Leafs third line, and Ben Danford is benefitting from Benoit's absence by remaining high up in the mix after playing in two games.

Cuts of players to the AHL can begin at the end of this week when waivers start up again, but there aren't any signs the Leafs are in a hurry to move players off of these two groups to the other, never mentioned, AHL group. The Marlies official training camp, where they will bring in all the AHL-contracted players and then gradually add the NHL-contracted players who are sent down, doesn't begin until after all the preseason NHL games are finished. 

The next two games are tomorrow in Montréal, and then at home on Saturday to the Canadiens. We should expect a similar depth group travelling tomorrow and an NHL-heavy roster at home on the weekend.