Bruins Call Up Former Maple Leafs Forward Just Before Facing Toronto

It's going to be an Original Six clash on Saturday night when the Boston Bruins take on the Toronto Maple Leafs with the latter trying to make it four wins in a row and leap the Bruins in a very surprising start to the 2025 NHL season.

We already know that Toronto is going to see a former face in Fraser Minten taking the ice, though it's a bit of a shame that Easton Cowan isn't on the ice tonight to face his former teammate, but it's still going to be great for his former teammates to see him again.

While they hope he doesn't torch them, there's another name they may need to worry about.

The Bruins made a roster move on Saturday to call up former Toronto forward Alex Steeves, while placing Elias Lindholm on the IR:

Lindholm has been hurt since the end of October, and is going to be a few weeks before he returns to the ice.

Steeves gets a chance to showcase to his former team what they are missing out on after neglecting to re-sign him this summer.

He signed a one-year deal with the Bruins but has yet to make his 2025 season debut so it's quite a neat little story that he does so against the Maple Leafs.

Steeves spent four season with the Maple Leafs, mainly playing for the Toronto Marlies in the AHL. In 14 NHL games, Steeves has three points (1 goal, 2 assists) although he had 216 points in 247 games with the Marlies from 2021-22 to 2024-25.

He was also quite complimentary towards the Maple Leafs organization and mentioned he had a great time with both Toronto affiliates:

It will be a night of reunions as not only do Minten and Steeves face their old squad, but so too does Brandon Carlo who will get his own chance to show Boston why they would have loved to keep him; though they got Minten so it feels like they're okay with that.

Toronto faces the Bruins at home on Saturday night, with the puck drop scheduled for 7pm ET.