MAR 14, 2023 (3:02 PM)

Kyle Dubas provides update on Ryan O'Reilly's surgically repaired finger
BY MATT
The Maple Leaf fan base took a collective gasp when their top trade acquisition forward Ryan O'Reilly had suffered a serious injury, but thankfully this does not look like it will be as serious as first reported.
On Monday, head coach Sheldon Keefe provided an update on his injured forward and the news was overwhelmingly positive with Keefe indicating that he expects O'Reilly to return to the ice in short order. To be clear O'Reilly isn't cleared to play by any stretch of the imagination, but he is expected to resume skating sometime this week.
"He has not skated yet, but it's imminent,"
revealed Keefe to reporters. "He has been in every day and doing what he needs to do to get ready. I was told he was expected on skates this week."
O'Reilly was having a solid start to his Maple Leaf's career, with 3 goals and 5 points in 8 games. He was winning draws at an impressive 67.52% rate, while providing coach Keefe with so many options up front.
IS THIS THE YEAR THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS GET OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND? MARCH 14 148 ANSWERS | ||
YES, THE LINEUP HAS NEVER BEEN DEEPER | 54 | 36.5 % |
NO, THE CURSE CONTINUES | 66 | 44.6 % |
GOING TO COME DOWN TO GAME 7.. ITS A COIN TOSS | 28 | 18.9 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
TOP 5
LEADERS 2022-2023 | ||||||||
GP | G | A | PTS | |||||
1- CONNOR MCDAVID | 71 | 58 | 78 | 136 | ||||
2- LEON DRAISAITL | 69 | 44 | 62 | 106 | ||||
3- NIKITA KUCHEROV | 71 | 28 | 72 | 100 | ||||
4- MATTHEW TKACHUK | 67 | 33 | 62 | 95 | ||||
5- DAVID PASTRNAK | 69 | 48 | 45 | 93 | ||||
6- NATHAN MACKINNON | 58 | 30 | 59 | 89 | ||||
7- MITCH MARNER | 69 | 26 | 63 | 89 | ||||
8- ELIAS PETTERSSON | 67 | 33 | 55 | 88 | ||||
9- JASON ROBERTSON | 70 | 41 | 47 | 88 | ||||
10- TAGE THOMPSON | 69 | 42 | 45 | 87 | ||||
2022-2023 LEADERS |
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