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# Saturday's FTB: Last Saturday without a game
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/saturdays-ftb-last-saturday-without-a-game/
- Published: 2025-09-20T10:00:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-20T10:00:39.000Z
- Description: At least for a while.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: From The Branches

The Leafs open the preseason tomorrow afternoon, so today should be a practice with whoever isn't playing. 

Yesterday was a near exact repeat of the first practice with only the swapping out of some minor leaguers. The basic lines were unchanged. However, the lines right now will change once Max Domi returns, and that may be this weekend. Doubtful he plays, though.

> Rare is the time we can impress an NHLer. New Leaf forward Vinni Lettieri was shocked I was in St. John's, Nfld., in 1986 to cover his father, goaltender Tino, in Canada's defeat of Honduras to qualify for our first World Cup.
> 
> — Lance Hornby 🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@sunhornby) [September 19, 2025](https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1969065747675537445?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Says his Dad still sells the family pizza/calzone from a booth at the Minny State Fair and gets all kinds of soccer fans asking him questions. [https://t.co/dohDoBtEIb](https://t.co/dohDoBtEIb?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Lance Hornby 🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@sunhornby) [September 19, 2025](https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1969108171361825259?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Craig Berube says Morgan Rielly will quarterback the PP1 to start, previously occupied by Mitch Marner. [@BodogCA](https://twitter.com/BodogCA?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — David Alter (@dalter) [September 19, 2025](https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1969089952055980503?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[\- TSNNicolas Roy, Dakota Joshua and Easton Cowan skated on a line together during Friday’s practice and the trio are starting to get a feel for each other. Roy and Joshua described what it’s been like to skate together, the potential they have and what they’ve seen from Cowan so far at camp.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-116.ico)TSN![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/https-3A-2F-2Fd3g70guqh4mw9g.cloudfront.net-2F09-19-2025-2Ft_5d71fa44771b4f5086a31e8380570e9b_name_2025_9_19_e2c7d566_e725_41a4_962e_3140e56a3fd6_jpg_1200x675.jpg)](https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/2025/09/19/roy-joshua-building-early-chemistry-with-cowan-who-wants-to-be-a-difference-maker/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Maccelli gets first look beside Matthews on Leafs first lineMatias Maccelli is getting the first audition beside Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies on Toronto’s top line. “He’s in the process of just kind of feeling things out,” said coach Craig Berube after the first on-ice sessions of training camp.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-117.ico)TSNMark Masters![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/GW2QOUDZ5BHLBDCCBLJOSDR5IQ.JPG)](https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/maccelli-gets-first-look-beside-matthews-on-leafs-first-line/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Interview: Easton Cowan on push to make Maple Leafs’ roster, Marner and trade buzzLuke Fox sits down with Toronto Maple Leafs top prospect Easton Cowan for a one-on-one chat about his NHL dream, dealing with last season’s trade chatter, and what the departure of Mitch Marner means for him.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sportsnet.caLuke Fox![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/Leafs-1.jpg)](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/qa-easton-cowan-on-push-to-make-maple-leafs-roster-marner-and-trade-buzz/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

We'll catch up later with a practice report today, other than that, it's drills, line rushes, media – rinse and repeat.