Conor Timmins Expected to Miss Start of Maple Leafs' Regular Season With 'Significant' Lower Body Injury
Timmins is out week to week and had a strong camp until his most recent setback.
Conor Timmins will likely miss the start of the regular season as the Toronto Maple Leafs' defenseman will be out week-to-week with a significant lower-body injury.
Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe updated the status of Timmins who was injured in a pre-season game against the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend. The defender had been off to a red-hot start scoring twice and adding four assists in three pre-season games before the recent setback.
According to The Athletic's Joshua Kloke, Timmins was seen leaving Bell Centre in Montreal with a knee brace.
The Maple Leafs acquired Timmins in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes last season. He scored twice and added 12 assists in 25 games with the Leafs in 2022-23.
The club signed the 25-year-old to a two-year, $2.2 million contract in February.
Should Timmins miss a long period of time, it's expected he would be placed on long-term injured reserve and his $1.1 million would be used to help the Leafs get under the salary cap in time for the start of the regular season.
Klingberg Update
Defenseman John Klingberg remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury after he departed early Toronto's game against the Buffalo Sabres in St. Thomas, Ontario.
"He's not going to skate for a little bit but we think he'll turn the corner pretty quickly," Keefe said of the Swedish defenseman.
The Maple Leafs signed Klingberg to a one-year, $4.15 million contract in July. The 31-year-old had been skating in a defensive pair with Jake McCabe up until that point. For the time being, it looks like Timothy Liljegren will move up into the spot occupied by Klingberg.
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