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Maple Leafs' Partial Pre-season Schedule Released By Red Wings

The Toronto Maple Leafs will likely play their final two preseason games against the Detroit Red Wings.

Detroit revealed its entire preseason schedule on Tuesday. The schedule features two games against each of the Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Toronto's two games against the Red Wings will be on Oct. 2 in Toronto and Oct. 4 in Detroit.

The 2025-26 NHL season officially starts on Oct. 7, but it's unknown when the Maple Leafs' regular season will begin. Toronto played six preseason games last fall — two each against the Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and Montreal Canadiens — before their regular season started on Oct. 9 in Montreal.

The Maple Leafs announced last year's preseason schedule on June 24, meaning the 2025-26 schedule could come soon. Last year, one week after Toronto released its preseason schedule, the NHL revealed the full season schedule (on July 2).

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Prior to Maple Leafs training camp opening last fall, 26 of Toronto's top prospects played two games in Montreal at the Bell Centre in what was labelled the 2024 Prospects Showdown. Toronto and Montreal's prospects went head-to-head on back-to-back days, but it was the Maple Leafs' young guns who got the better of the Canadiens.

It's unknown how many preseason games Toronto will have this year. The schedule may be similar to last year, but that's not confirmed yet. The schedule may be released in the coming days, looking back at recent memory.

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Toronto is preparing for the NHL Draft with six picks (64, 86, 137, 153, and 185). Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving and director of amateur scouting Mark Leach will speak to the media on Thursday, one day before the draft officially gets underway.

In last year's draft, Toronto picked eight times. They selected Ben Danford with the 31st pick, Victor Johansson at 120, Miroslav Holinka at 151, Alexander Plesovskikh at 152, Timofei Obvintsev at 157, Matt Lahey at 200, Sam McCue at 216, and Nathan Mayes at 225.

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Unless the Maple Leafs attempt to move into the first round on Friday, all of their picks will come on Saturday in rounds two to seven.

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Maple Leafs' Partial Pre-season Schedule Released By Red Wings

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