via NHL.com The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that the club has signed defenceman Nikita Zaitsev to a seven-year contract extension. The annual value of the contract is $4.50 million in each season through to 2023-24. Zaitsev, 25, skated in all 82 regular season games with the Maple Leafs this past season, registering 36 points […]
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A LOOK BACK! Nikita Zaitsev won't be joining Russia for the worlds. He didn't gain the necessary clearance from #leafs doctors after recent head injury. — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) April 25, 2017 Auston Matthews says he feels "exhausted." "It's a grind." — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) April 25, 2017 Auston Matthews confirms he's not going to […]
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Trotz repeated Alzner is day-to-day. No real update from him. — Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) April 20, 2017 No update from Barry Trotz on injured #Caps D Karl Alzner, who's considered day to day. Alzner skating today. "We'll see" on Game 4 tomorrow — Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) April 20, 2017 #Leafs optional at the MCC. — […]
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All Leaf centres are over 50 percent in this series. Brian Boyle is 4th amongst all NHL players at 62.2 %. Kadri 12th at 56.8 %. #tmltalk — Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) April 19, 2017 Leafs vy for their 3rd straight playoff win at ACC tonite. Overall they're 25-19 in ACC with 9 of those wins […]
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Polak will have surgery on his right leg, Babcock announces — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) April 18, 2017 Nikita Soshnikov part of Leafs optional skate. — Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) April 18, 2017 Soshnikov on the ice. Also McElhinney, Smith, Fehr and Marchenko. #Leafs — Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) April 18, 2017 And Leivo. — Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) […]
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With reports that #Leafs & Zaitsev are close on a 7 year/$4.5M AAV extension, here are some comparables based on Status, GP, Pts, Term & AAV pic.twitter.com/uyi98m0fBR — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) March 31, 2017 As I reported on @TSNHockey Leaf broadcast, TOR and Zaitsev working towards extension. Not done. May be as long as 7 years. […]
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