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July 4th felt like the official dog days of summer point of the NHL offseason. Capfriendly only recorded 4 new contracts, 2 of which were re-signings and 1 was a deal announced the day before. The free agency market consists of Oliver Kylington, Alex Nylander, and players who likely now have their agents cold calling European teams. The good news is there will now be sporadic … [Read more...] about Lack of a Maple Leafs big splash, Robertson trade value, and a plea for offer sheets: Leaflets

The Leafs have signed 11 players either to contracts or extensions during the free agency window up to this point. In that short window, they have made some drastic changes to the makeup of their backend and solidified their crease while also retaining a few key pieces for the next few years.   Their work is far from done as they have a few RFAs to attend to and some trades … [Read more...] about Grading the 11 contracts the Leafs have signed in free agency so far

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving has been busy so far this offseason, securing some goaltending depth for next season and beyond. Anthony Stolarz and Joseph Woll are locked up on multi-year contracts and veteran Matt Murray is returning to Toronto next season. While the depth chart is now full, Treliving has entered the world of risky business. Let’s start … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs are taking a risky approach to solving their goaltending depth

What a difference a year can make. When Simon Benoit was signed by Brad Treliving just over a year ago, the masses pointed at his horrific defensive numbers in Anaheim and questioned the signing. Only on a one-year league minimum deal, almost everyone figured Benoit would play most of his campaign with the Toronto Marlies, and sparingly if at all with the Maple Leafs. Boy were … [Read more...] about Simon Benoit looks to build on his meteoric rise with the Leafs in 2024-25

Brad Treliving and his team have been active this offseason. Treliving has extended a contract, signed some new players, had his first full draft, re-signed players, and completed a trade for a player’s rights all in the last week. The first day of free agency is always very busy across the league. After day one of free agency, are they better now than they were a couple of … [Read more...] about Comparing the Leafs roster after day 1 of free agency to their playoff roster