Maple Leafs Place Three Players on Waivers Following Saturday's Practice

As the fierce training camp battled continue across the NHL, teams are beginning to trim rosters ahead of the season opener in less than two weeks time.

The Maple Leafs have already announced several roster cuts, and it would appear as though another wave of cuts is on the way with the team placing Travis Boyd, Bo Groulx and Vinni Lettieri on waivers on Saturday.

All three players were expected to be members of the Toronto Marlies at the very beginning, though Boyd did express openly that he believes he is still an NHL caliber player and could potentially make the Leafs out of training camp.

The Leafs are set to take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight, but all 3 of Boyd, Lettieri and Groulx practiced with the non-playing group.

The team has not yet cut promising young defensive prospect Ben Danford officially, but if we are to read between the lines, watching him sit in back-to-back pre-season games and fall down the Leafs' depth chart at camp, it's clear that the team is going to send him back to the Oshawa Generals for his final season of Junior hockey.

As far as Boyd, Lettieri and Groulx are concerned, I'm not certain that any of them are worthy of a waivers claim, at least not this early. That said, teams who are battling the injury bug may take a flier on one, though we won't find out until Sunday afternoon if that's the case.