The Toronto Maple Leafs forward group is stacked ahead of the 2024/25 NHL season, and now, they may have found some clarity through a Calle Jarnkrok injury. On Monday, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially announced they were inking both <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/maple-leafs-sign-two-players-on-a-pto-to-official-contracts' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Max Pacioretty</a> and Steven Lorentz to proper NHL deals, and now we know exactly how they may slot into the lineup on opening night. Unfortunately, it comes at the expense of another veteran, as the team have now revealed that Calle Jarnkrok will be headed to LTIR with his nagging pre-season injury, meaning that he will officially miss at least 10 games to start the season. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/kyle_cush/status/1843304937448681593'> </a></blockquote></div> Not only will this help the Maple Leafs figure out the lineup around Jarnkrok, who became a genuine trade candidate over the last few weeks, but it will also help the team's salary cap situation as they look to put the best roster on the ice in the pursuit of a Stanley Cup. Before this report, <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/buzz-builds-around-potential-toronto-maple-leafs-trade-as-new-report-surfaces-before-opening-night' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Jarnkrok</a> was seen as a potential trade chip for Toronto, as the lineup appears to be filled without him in it, and with this latest injury, all signs continue to point in that direction. The initial report from Mark Masters revealed a lower body injury that has been going on since the beginning of training camp, but thus far no one has officially revealed what that injury is, but it's clear now that it's serious enough for him to miss a significant stretch. With rosters needing to be finalized, we will soon get a clearer picture of what this lineup looks like, but for at least a while, it won't include veteran Jarnkrok as he looks to get his injury woes under control.