Free Agents and Contracts

Suddenly there's extension talk about Simon Benoit.

This extension on the Nylander marriage to the Maple Leafs is taking almost as long as the first one to arrange.

New Leaf.

Is it PTO season already?

Everyone's getting extensions before William Nylander, it seems. 🖊 We’ve signed Head Coach Sheldon Keefe to a multi-year contract extension. — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) August 30, 2023 Sheldon Keefe, already signed through 2023-24, has been given a "multi-year" extension that was confirmed by Elliotte Friedman to

Once you have John Klingberg, you might as well get his D partner too.

Holy discount, batman.

The first round pick gets an ELC.

As expected, the Maple Leafs have added some insurance in net.

Two more years.

All the arbitration hearing dates are now set.

15 players left the Maple Leafs when their contracts expired. Half have found a new home.

The Maple Leafs did sign Gambrell.

Max Domi is not his father, but now that they will both be Maple Leafs we should start out knowing who the son is.

Here we are again talking about Tyler Bertuzzi. There were some rumours about Bertuzzi and the Leafs in 2021, as the obvious exit of Zach Hyman was playing out. The Leafs signed Michael Bunting instead.

Three AHL level players have been inked to NHL two-way deals.

The veteran defenceman is coming off a one-year deal in Anaheim and a deadline move to the Wild.

William Lagesson is 27, listed at 6'2" and 196 lb, and he is a left-shooting defender.

As reported by Darren Dreger, the deal is expected to be three years at an AAV of $1.35 million.

Maple Leafs issue QOs to three players.

There's been reports that the Leafs are happy to re-sign William Nylander, something that the general zeitgeist would have had you think was unlikely a month ago. A lot of people thought they'd sacrifice him to pay Mitch Marner.

Today the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Matthew Knies to a three-year ELC. Knies, now 20 years old, was drafted in 2021 57th overall. He has been playing in the NCAA for two years after several in the USHL. He is listed at 6'3" and 209 lbs, and plays left wing.