As we approach the halfway mark in the season, The Hockey News spoke with Marlies head coach John Gruden about some of Toronto's top prospects.

Week' After Injury In Practice, Fraser Minten Recalled But the Leafs won't do that right away, electing to go with the players they already had on the roster when the club hosts the New Jersey Devils at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.

Concerning news for one of the Toronto Maple Leafs “Core Four.” On Thursday, the team announced that forward John Tavares has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.

John Tavares is week to week for the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Thursday. The center left practice early Wednesday after he took an awkward fall along the boards during a power-play drill.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without John Tavares for some time after a freak injury at a recent practice put him on the shelf. Tavares left a Maple Leafs workout early when an inadvertent trip and awkward fall forced him to suffer a lower-body injury.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body ailment on Thursday and is considered week-to-week, head coach Craig Berube said.