Joshua Kloke of The Athletic wrote an article today highlighting seven bargain bin free agent targets that could help the Toronto Maple Leafs next season. The Maple Leafs currently sit about $2MM over the salary cap despite putting Jake Muzzin and Matt Murray on LTIR for next year, making it difficult to imagine Toronto doing much shopping in free agency unless they sign … [Read more...] about Examining Maple Leafs Bargain Bin Free Agent Targets
Toronto Maple Leafs Re-Sign Nicholas Abruzzese
The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed forward Nicholas Abruzzese to a two-year, two-way contract extension, per a team announcement Monday morning. The deal’s average annual value is $775K, and PuckPedia confirms the full breakdown of his contract: 2023-24: $775K NHL salary, $175K minors salary 2024-25: $775K NHL salary, $250K minors salary, $350K guaranteed salary This is … [Read more...] about Toronto Maple Leafs Re-Sign Nicholas Abruzzese
Maple Leafs’ Rodion Amirov Reportedly Making Progress In Cancer Recovery
One of the scariest pieces of NHL news in recent memory came across the wire in February 2022, when then-Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas revealed that 2020 first-round pick Rodion Amirov had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. The 21-year-old winger has not played hockey since and continues on a long road to what is hopefully a full recovery. There hasn’t been … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs’ Rodion Amirov Reportedly Making Progress In Cancer Recovery
$13.5MM AAV For Auston Matthews On His Next Deal?
For a while now, there has been plenty of speculation that Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews intends to set a new benchmark for the highest AAV when he signs his next contract. In a recent appearance on Sportsnet 590 (audio link), Nick Kypreos suggested that the two sides are believed to be in agreement on a cap hit at or around $13.5MM which would come in well above Nathan … [Read more...] about $13.5MM AAV For Auston Matthews On His Next Deal?
Examining Toronto’s Further Cap-Cutting Options
While today’s news that the Maple Leafs would be placing goaltender Matt Murray on LTIR to start the season helps to alleviate Toronto’s salary cap situation, they still have some work to do. Using CapFriendly’s numbers, they still sit a little more than $2MM above the Upper Limit of the salary cap (even with Jake Muzzin being LTIR-bound himself) which means they have some … [Read more...] about Examining Toronto’s Further Cap-Cutting Options