T he Toronto Maple Leafs placed captain Auston Matthews on Injured Reserve ahead of their final game of the calendar year. The organization's PR team put out a series of transacti

Auston Matthews took part in Toronto Maple Leafs practice for the first time since a Dec. 20 injury but won't play Tuesday at home against the New York Islanders.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will miss out on Auston Matthews to cap off 2024, but he may be ready for the new year.

The Maple Leafs once again placed Auston Matthews on the IR on Tuesday however, the move is more or less just a placeholder in order to bring up a body.

The Summer of 2024 was a passing of the torch for a couple of reasons. While the switch from Sheldon Keefe to Craig Berube behind the bench was a big one, none held a candle to John Tavares passing off the captaincy to Auston Matthews.

Auston Matthews is back practicing with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Toronto is hoping that Matthews can finish the 2024-25 campaign healthy whenever he returns. The veteran forward took over the Maple Leafs' captaincy from Tavares during the offseason nearly one year after the former signed a four-year, $53 million extension with the franchise.

Upper-body injury bothers Auston Matthews once again, and the Maple Leafs superstar will miss the next two games.

The Maple Leafs appear to get a bit of good news regarding their injured captain on Monday morning. It has been 10 days since the Toronto Maple Leafs last saw their captain, star forward Auston Matthews, hit the ice for an actual game but based on some of the scenes on Monday morning a return for Matthews may be imminent.