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The Maple Leafs Are Once Again Dealing With A New Injury To One Of The Organization's Goaltenders

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Daniel Lucente
January 9, 2025  (11:12)
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Artur Akhtyamov of the Toronto Maple Leafs during practice
Photo credit: Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff

Rather than the injury situation improving for the Maple Leafs, it has just gotten worse as another one of their goaltenders has gone down with an injury.

It's been a chaotic Leafs season in the net, with injuries testing their goalie depth repeatedly and remaking the roster over and over. It has been a goalie merry-go-round trying to navigate the fragile and unpredictable nature of the position.

Suffering an injury immediately after a good stretch, Anthony Stolarz went to the sidelines, forcing the Leafs to call up rookie Dennis Hildeby from the AHL.

Hildeby, serving in a backup role during his first stint in the NHL, is one piece in the lineup of the next wave of talent stepping into the limelight for the Leafs in their goalie shuffle.

Veteran Matt Murray re-entered the picture this season, his return to action for the first time in an astonishing 628-day span. His return was the big moment of the season of resilience and flexibility. But on the farm, the injury bug bit the Toronto Marlies of the AHL even harder.

Artur Akhtyamov, the 2020 fourth-round selection who was having a rather decent, if not spectacular, rookie season with a 9-3-1 record, 2.65 GAA, and .903 SV%, left a game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with a lower-body injury.

"It's just lower-body, day-to-day. Haven't got any updates on his condition," head coach John Gruden said.


It adds to the thin corps of goaltenders the Marlies have had to begin the year. Injury has seriously derailed Murray's career, and Akhtiamov being injured now forces Toronto into relying upon Murray as their clear No. 1.

The last thing the Marlies need this season is to lose more goaltending depth after Hildeby is recalled into NHL duty.

His organization hopes Akhtyamov gets well soon. That doesn't take much figuring out, how important goaltending depth at all levels is and how it sometimes just gets out of hand.

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