To be or not to Hildeby.

That is the question, actually one of many, as the Maple Leafs embark on tonight’s final NHL exhibition game in Detroit ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season opener.

Dennis Hildeby is expected to start in net, looking to extend a strong pre-season (a .944 save percentage in two games) and make the opening night roster ahead of 37-year-old James Reimer in the continuing absence of Joseph Woll as Anthony Stolarz’s back-up. Reimer, on a professional tryout contract at present, will be on the bench in Detroit, his first time in a Leaf uniform in nine years.

The Leafs, who could wrap the pre-season schedule with the unlikely circumstance of winning all three road exhibitions and losing three at home, will be sending a cautionary, watered-down lineup to the Motor City.

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