Looking at Tuesday night’s visit by the Nashville Predators to Toronto: Article content

THE NEWS: The Maple Leafs certainly took a twisted route getting a backup goalie into a regular-season game. Article content Article content

Cayden Primeau will start against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, a home back-to-back that affords Anthony Stolarz (1-2, an .886 save percentage) a rest.

The job was to be Joseph Woll’s before he took an indefinite leave for personal reasons and, failing that, maybe Marlies Dennis Hildeby or James Reimer — who was signed on a PTO midway through training camp when Woll departed, before his release. Article content

But on the eve of declaring the 23-man roster, Primeau was plucked on waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes . Some or all of general manage

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