Life goes on.

That’s how Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is taking stock of the team’s future without Mitch Marner, whose next game in Toronto won’t be for another five months, when the Vegas Golden Knights visit Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 23.

“We’ll miss him,” Matthews said on Wednesday night at the CAA Centre in Brampton. “He’s a great friend, great teammate. That’s kind of the business side of it that’s tough, but obviously I wish him nothing but the best. We’ll just keep it moving.”

Matthews missed 15 games during the 2024-25 regular season with an undisclosed injury and when the playoffs were done, he acknowledged it was a physically tough year, but that he would be 100% for the start of the 2025-26 season. He said on Wednesday that his health was “good.”

In his first media av

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