John Tavares has missed plenty of practice over the past week, but now the veteran forward has made his return after being banged up. The past few weeks have been full of injury scares for the Toronto Maple Leafs, with Calle Jarnkrok, William Nylander and Auston Matthews all suffering injury scares that have the fans on the edge of their seats. However, one of the most worrying has been John Tavares, who has missed several practices and games for the Leafs, with the 34-year old's status heading into the season unknown over the past few days. Now however, the fans can breathe a sigh of relief as Tavares officially returned to the ice on Wednesday, signalling he should be good to go when the Maple Leafs battle the Montreal Canadiens in their regular season opener. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/leafslatest/status/1841490204026081319'> </a></blockquote></div> With several new additions to the team over the summer, training camp practices have been crucial to figuring out line combinations and the roster makeup ahead of game one against Montreal, and while Tavares was always going to be in the lineup, his return allows the team to continue building chemistry. Beyond a lower-body injury, there has been little revealed about the injury holding Tavares out of practice, and while he may not be at 100% right now, with his return coming a week ahead of game one, there's confidence that he'll be at 100% against Montreal. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1841490014867185952'> </a></blockquote></div> Also returning for Toronto is veteran Calle Jarnkrok, who has been in trade rumours more than he has been on the ice in recent days, with the team now seemingly at full health as the regular season nears, making decisions even harder for Brad Treliving and Craig Berube as they look to narrow the roster down before a critical season begins.