start of season Timmins on LTIR

Timmins got hurt again? Oh man, that poor guy just can't catch a break (no pun intended).

Knee injury....could be out months. An innocent, relatively soft hit against the boards,,,somehow his knee get crunched. It's on YouTube.
Yeah, he had a good chance to show if was NHL good enough....lots of opportunities with the Leafs this season. Speedy recovery to the young man.

Darn I just saw the news. That sucks. I was excited for them to give him a proper shot this year. Now it is very unlikely. Makes our cap situation a little easier though.

It might help the cap a bit.....if the Leafs can find a just a good NHL Dman to take his place at cheaper cap. But geez, the Leafs are really thin on NHL Dman talent.

Definitely - Our forward and goaltending depth is very good, Our defensive depth is lacking.

Benoit played like 19 minutes a game last year, so he should easily be able to fill a 7th slot. I wouldn't want him to play more than 12 mins if he were in though. But Lagesson and Lajoie don't do much for me. And we have no one in the AHL as a RD who I would be comfortable calling up.

Maybe the Leafs claim Lassi Thompson now that Timmins is hurt? Gives us a bit of RD depth? He would need to start in the NHL though, meaning Benoît might need to be waived or Holmberg sent down.