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# FTB: Maple Leafs training camp begins
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-training-camp-begins-and-the-players-are-getting-poked-and-prodded-today/
- Published: 2021-09-22T09:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-22T09:40:00.000Z
- Description: The unofficial end of summer is here.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

It’s finally here. The Toronto Maple Leafs offseason is over and training camp is beginning. The first day is expected to be mostly medical checkups and measurements, so there probably won’t be much news until the media get into the building tomorrow.

The first pre-season game is now only three days away on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., and there’s a lot of players looking to impress in these games to take one of the few roster spots that will be open. We recapped everyone who is in and out yesterday in this post:

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> — Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) [September 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1440463153016434693?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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