Ryan Tverberg
Ryan Tverberg is expected to open the season with the AHL's Toronto Marlies rather than in Toronto's NHL lineup after being placed on waivers for assignment.
Role
Tverberg signed a one-year, two-way contract with Toronto in early July 2026. On Thursday, September 24, 2026 (per The Athletic's James Mirtle, relayed by RotoWire and echoed by CBS Sports, The Hockey News, and Yahoo Sports), the Maple Leafs placed him on waivers along with seven other players (Brendan Brisson, Vinni Lettieri, Steven Lorentz, Michael Pezzetta, Henrik Rybinski, Philippe Myers, and Marshall Rifai) for the purpose of assignment to the AHL's Toronto Marlies. If he clears waivers, he heads to the Marlies to start 2026-27 rather than occupying a spot in Toronto's bottom six, which per training-camp line reports from The Hockey News and mapleleafshotstove.com (both dated around September 17) is being contested by players such as Nick Paul, Colton Sissons, Easton Cowan, Teddy Blueger, Brandon Duhaime, Steven Lorentz, and Dakota Joshua. No power-play role for Tverberg has been reported.
Tverberg has been a productive AHL forward, with RotoWire noting he put up 15 goals and 21 points in 63 games with the Marlies last season, and as a waiver-clearing depth forward he remains just an injury or call-up away from NHL minutes if Toronto's bottom six is thinned out.
He was one of eight players waived on September 24, 2026 specifically to be sent to the AHL, meaning he begins the season outside Toronto's NHL roster and behind a crowded group of bottom-six forwards (Paul, Sissons, Cowan, Blueger, Duhaime, Lorentz, Joshua) who were all kept on the NHL side, per Hockey News and mapleleafshotstove.com camp-line reporting.
Where analysts split
Broad agreement: no analyst disagreement was found; every outlet consulted (RotoWire, CBS Sports, The Hockey News, Yahoo Sports, Inside The Rink) reports the same waiver-and-assignment outcome without differing interpretations of his role.
Research confidence: reported. Outlooks are grounded in web search over current reporting and refreshed through the season.
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