Goaltender Joseph Woll has taken a leave of absence from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Leafs announced on Tuesday that the 27-year-old will be away from the team to attend to a personal matter.

“There is no timeline (for Woll’s return),” Leafs general manager Brad Treliving said. “We obviously support him 100% and I would just ask that everybody respect his privacy. We’re not going to get into a whole lot of detail on it.

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“For context, it’s not a substance abuse issue. It’s a personal, family matter that Joe is going to deal with and we will go from there.”

Treliving wouldn’t provide further detail.

“Certainly our expectation is that Joe is going to be back with us and we will see when that is,” Treliving said. “All our worry

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