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The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has reduced its roster to 26 players (14 forwards, 10 defencemen and two goaltenders).

The Maple Leafs have loaned the following players to the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies: Miro Aaltonen, Travis Dermott, Frederik Gauthier, Justin Holl, Andreas Johnsson, Kasperi Kapanen, Kasimir Kaskisuo, Tobias Lindberg, Mason Marchment, Trevor Moore, Andrew Nielsen, Michael Paliotta, Nikita Soshnikov, Dmytro Timashov and Rinat Valiev.
The Maple Leafs have placed the following players on waivers: Colin Greening, Vincent LoVerde, Chris Mueller, Kerby Rychel, Ben Smith and Garret Sparks.
In addition, Carl Grundstrom has been reassigned to Frolunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League.
The Maple Leafs open the 2017-18 season on Wednesday, October 4 when they travel to Winnipeg to face the Jets before hosting the New York Rangers at Air Canada Centre on Saturday, October 7.