The Toronto Maple Leafs have an obscurely low amount of games on the schedule to end the month, but that gives them a chance to make some in-house adjustments.

Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Auston Matthews "isn't getting worse" but remains at least another week away from returning from an undisclosed upper-body injury. That was the latest from Leafs' coach Craig Berube on Monday when questioned about the status of his team's captain,

The 2024-25 NHL season is officially underway with a few weeks in the books. With the season now over a month old, a few teams are dealing with significant injuries. Earlier this month, the Maple Leafs placed Auston Matthews on injured reserve due to an upper-body injury.

The Maple Leafs have been without captain Auston Matthews for the past six games. But Toronto's other star players have taken pressure off Matthews to return to action.