Waived: Joey MacDonald

As reported earlier today by Sportsnet, Leaf goaltender Joey MacDonald was placed on waivers and (should he clear) will be assigned to the Marlies.

In other 'old' news, Nazem Kadri has been sent back to the London Knights. Not really a big surprise in the grand scheme of things. I mean yeah he did play pretty good...

• He scored..
• He hit..
• He was always moving his feet..
• He was strong on face-offs..
• He was a good enough two-way player..

But at the end of the day, his development is best served in juniors. He'll be the focus of the London Knights offence, and he'll be a key player for Team Canada as they defend their gold again this year. So yes, it was a good move. Ontop of everything else the kid needs to add another 15lbs of muscle to survive in the NHL over an 82 game grind.

Oh, and in other news: Christian Hanson and Jonas Frogren (waived) were sent down to the Marlies. Hanson had a good camp, but not a great one. He'll need to work on his skating but if I was a betting man I'd say we see him again soon this season.

Frogren was a good 6/7th defender but with the new acquisitions he was not needed.