Nick Kypreos of The Toronto Star: The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Chris Tanev to a six year at a $4.5 million cap hit. Many teams were willing to give Tanev shorter term but a higher salary.
The Dallas Stars best offer to Chris Tanev was three years at $5 million per season.
The Leafs also signed 6′ 7″ defenseman Jani Hakanpaa to a two-year, $1.5 million per deal. Steve Simmons reported that Hakanpaa has bad knees and may never play again. A Dallas source said that the Stars were interested in re-signing Hakanpaa but his “degenerative knee” turned them in a different direction. The Maple Leafs medical staff looked at his records and were okay with the Leafs pursuing him.
It’s possible that the Leafs ‘cut bait’ on forward David Kampf. Is Fraser Minten ready to take Kampf checking line role or do they look outside the organization?
