{"id":927086,"date":"2026-10-09T23:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927086\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:28:30","slug":"why-tavares-had-to-leave-leafs-in-vegas-miles-wood-recalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927086\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tavares had to leave Leafs in Vegas, Miles Wood recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Oh baby, the Maple Leafs family is growing and it means the lineup will be changing Saturday in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>John Tavares went home after Thursday\u2019s 4-3 shootout loss in Las Vegas to be with wife Aryne and the birth of their fourth child, Tucker. He\u2019ll be unavailable to play the Avalanche on the second game of Toronto\u2019s three-game sojourn through the U.S. Southwest, which concludes Tuesday in Utah.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Friday morning, the team called up winger Miles Wood from the Toronto Marlies. The 31-year-old Wood, <a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" in=\"\" the=\"\" kirill=\"\" marchenko=\"\" trade=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/maple-leafs-acquire-kirill-marchenko-in-trade-with-blue-jackets-for-matthew-knies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired in the Kirill Marchenko trade<\/a> on the eve of the regular season, was to meet the club in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/22.2.2\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<p>Play Video<\/p>\n<p>The Leafs already are carrying an extra forward, winger Zack MacEwan. The team had good news on the injury front at Friday\u2019s practice in Vegas when\u00a0 defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was present after leaving Thursday\u2019s game with a possible head injury late in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Where has Wood played recently?<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Wood, the son of former Leaf Randy Wood, <a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" games=\"\" for=\"\" columbus=\"\" last=\"\" season=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/mapleleafs\/player\/miles-wood-8477425\/stats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">played 54 games for Columbus last season<\/a>, traded there with Charlie Coyle by the Colorado Avalanche, where he spent a productive 2022-23 season after signing a six-year, $15-million US contract.<\/p>\n<p>Yet to play for the Marlies, Wood\u2019s nearly 600 NHL games had not included any in the minors since 2016-17, when he broke in as a fourth-round pick of the New Jersey Devils out of Boston College. <\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2, left shooting Buffalo, N.Y., native has 99 goals and 97 assists in his NHL career.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:Lhornby@postmedia.com\">Lhornby@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>X: @sunhornby<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/toronto-maple-leafs\/bobrovsky-battles-forward-thinking-oel-gets-rattled\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trevor Connelly #24 of the Vegas Golden Knights scores a shootout goal against Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Toronto Maple Leafs at T-Mobile Arena on October 08, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Golden Knights defeated the Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2299316692_305659823-e1791543433402.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Leaf Takeaways: Bobrovsky battles, forward thinking, OEL gets rattled<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/toronto-maple-leafs\/why-sergei-bobrovsky-might-have-just-glimpsed-a-long-leafs-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brett Howden of the Vegas Golden Knights takes a shot against Sergei Bobrovsky of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second period at T-Mobile Arena on October 08, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1009bobsavesmall-e1791524339247.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Why Sergei Bobrovsky might have just glimpsed a long Leafs season<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content Oh baby, the Maple Leafs family is growing and it means the lineup will be changing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-927086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}