Brian Burke, President and GM of the Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday that the hockey club has assigned forward Nazem Kadri to the Marlies of the AHL. Kadri, 21, played in five preseason games with the Maple Leafs in 2011-12, collecting two assists, a plus-one rating (+1), two penalty minutes and seven shots on goal. He suffered a knee injury on September 27 at Ottawa and was placed on IR October 1. He has not appeared in a regular season game with the Maple Leafs this season.