Pro Hockey Rumors

The Maple Leafs have re-signed RFA forward Alex Steeves to a one-year, two-way contract, the team announced. Steeves will count $775K against the cap if he’s on the NHL roster during the 2024-25 season. PuckPedia reports he’ll make a $300K salary in the AHL with a $350K guarantee. Toronto signed Steeves, now 24, as an undrafted free agent out of Notre Dame in March 2021. Since … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs Re-Sign Alex Steeves To Two-Way Contract

For 12 countries on the fringes of the IIHF World Ranking, their performance in a round-robin tournament at the end of this month will decide whether or not they punch a ticket to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Slovakia is one of these countries, and after releasing their official roster today, it was confirmed that top Canadiens youngster Juraj Slafkovsky and Lightning … [Read more...] about East Notes: Slafkovsky, Cernak, Mazur, Savard

Unlike other teams that have recently claimed their offseason checklists are complete, the Maple Leafs are still open for business, general manager Brad Treliving said on TSN 1050 last week. “To me, we’ve still got five weeks or so till camp,” Treliving said. “And, you know, we’re not set yet. We continue to look at ways to make our team better.” It’s more like four weeks now, … [Read more...] about Morning Notes: Maple Leafs, Andersson, Sabres

While committing to signing defenseman Jani Hakanpaa on the opening day of free agency, the Maple Leafs have yet to formally register a contract; GM Brad Treliving indicated earlier this week that they’re still working through things.  Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic reported on his podcast (video link) that the blueliner believes that he can play with his current … [Read more...] about Hakanpaa Believes He Can Play With Current Condition Of His Knee

The Jets’ wish list at last season’s trade deadline had second-line center written atop it, likely in all caps. Looking at the state of their roster now, a 2C will likely be a deadline priority again after they failed to keep 2024’s stopgap solution, Sean Monahan, from reaching unrestricted free agency. In an early look at potential mid-season trade candidates to fill the void, … [Read more...] about Morning Notes: Kadri, Grebyonkin, Pickering