via NHL.com Four Maple Leafs prospects were back in action at the World Junior Championships in Edmonton on Sunday. Finland improved to 2-0 in the tournament on Sunday, helped to a 4-1 victory over Switzerland with a pair of assists by Topi Niemela (2020, 64th overall) on the winning goal and the insurance marker. Niemela […]
Read MoreMaple Leafs WJC Wrap-Up: Day 1
vi NHL.com Four of the six Maple Leafs prospects competing at the 2021 World Junior Championship were in action on Christmas, kicking off the tournament in Edmonton. The Finnish national team picked up a 5-3 win over Germany in their tournament opener, powered by contributions from all three Leafs prospects playing for Leijonat. Roni Hirvonen […]
Read More Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafsThornton leaving Davos to join Maple Leafs
“Jumbo Joe” appears to be on the verge of boarding a jumbo jet. Swiss hockey club HC Davos thanked Joe Thornton and bid him farewell Monday morning. Thornton collected five goals and six assists in 12 games with Davos this season in his third stint with the team. The 41-year-old is presumably departing the squad […]
Read More davos, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, NHLMaple Leafs Extend Joey Anderson
via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Joey Anderson to a three-year contract extension. The signing is a two-way contract in its first two years and carries an NHL average annual value of $750,000. Anderson, 22, split his 2019-20 season between the New Jersey Devils and Binghamton […]
Read More anderson, joey, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, NHLMaple Leafs Sign Michael Hutchinson
via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed goaltender Michael Hutchinson to a two-year, two-way contract. The contract carries an NHL average annual value of $725,000. Hutchinson, 30, split his 2019-20 season at the NHL level between the Maple Leafs and the Colorado Avalanche and had a 5-9-1 record, […]
Read More Hutchinson, Leafs, LeafsForever, Maple Leafs, michael, NHLMaple Leafs Sign Travis Dermott to One-Year Contract Extension
via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a one-year contract extension worth $874,125. Dermott, 23, recorded 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 56 regular season games in 2019-20 before adding one assist in five games during the Maple Leafs’ Qualifying Round series against […]
Read More Dermott, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, NHL, travisMaple Leafs Sign Ilya Mikheyev to Two-Year Contract Extension
via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Ilya Mikheyev to a two-year contract extension. The average annual value of the contract is $1.645 million. Mikheyev, 26, registered 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists) in 39 regular season games during his first National Hockey League season in 2019-20. […]
Read More Ilya, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, Mikheyev, NHLMaple Leafs Sign Joe Thornton
via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract. The value of the contract is $700,000. Thornton, 41, skated in 70 regular season games with San Jose last season, registering 31 points (7 goals, 24 assists). In 1,636 career NHL regular season games […]
Read More Joe, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, NHL, ThorntonMaple Leafs Select Roni Hirvonen at 59th Overall
Roni Hirvonen Ht/Wt: 5′ 9″/154 lbs Position: C Team: Blues (JR. A SM-LIIGA) Jokke Nevalainen – Dobber Prospects – Sept. 30th: “Primarily a playmaker but can also finish. Good offensive skills. A natural center but has been used at wing at the men’s level. Great effort and good two-way game.” Scott Wheeler – The Athletic […]
Read More hirvonen, Leafs, LeafsForever, mapleleafs, NHL, NHL Draft, roni, Roni HirvonenMaple Leafs Want to be Harder to Play Against
Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens have interest in the pending UFA winger once the market opens Friday. Leafs GM Kyle Dubas shared this with local Toronto media on Monday during a pre-draft call: “We would like to be incredibly hard to play against and some of that does have to happen organically,” he said. […]
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