The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing a couple of players when they take to the ice for training camp.

General manager Brad Treliving offered a few injury updates with players reporting to camp.

Connor Dewar had shoulder surgery this off-season and won't be participating in training camp. The Leafs acquired Dewar from the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline in March.

The 25-year-old had one goal and four assists in 17 regular-season games with the Maple Leafs and one assist in six playoff games. He signed a one-year, $1.18 million contract to avoid arbitration.

Treliving said that Fraser Minten suffered a high ankle sprain during the Leafs' Prospect Showdown game in Montreal and his recovery timeline remains unknown. The 20-year-old was retrieving the puck in the corner midway through the second period and curling up the wall when Canadiens defenceman David Reinbacher made contact with him across the back, sending him down hard.

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As one of the team's top prospects, Minten was looking to build off last season, where he appeared in four games with the Leafs. He would go on to finish his campaign in the WHL with the Saskatoon Blades scoring 19 goals and 38 points in 36 games in the regular season while adding eight goals and 14 points in 16 games.

Unfortunately for Ben Danford, Treliving confirmed that the team's first-round pick from the 2024 NHL Draft suffered a concussion at rookie camp and is progressing. Danford was hit awkwardly into the boards, which led to him leaving the ice to get evaluated.

Treliving also said that Ryan Tverberg also had shoulder surgery in the off-season but he could be with the team sooner rather than later. The Leafs selected Tverberg in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL Draft and the 22-year-old had nine goals and 32 points in 46 games in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies last season.

Maple Leafs to start training camp without Minten, Dewar, Danford

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