Overview
- Detroit completed the reassignment Tuesday, sending the 27-year-old winger back to the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins.
- Leonard produced four points in seven games with Detroit, his first NHL action since the 2023–24 season with Arizona.
- Patrick Kane returned to the lineup on Sunday, and coach Todd McLellan said James van Riemsdyk looked ready in practice.
- The timing avoids triggering waivers exposure, which would have been required had Leonard reached 10 NHL games.
- Leonard resumes a leading role in Grand Rapids, where he has 19 goals and 29 points in 20 games and was the AHL’s November Player of the Month.