5 Depth Free Agents the Toronto Maple Leafs Could Potentially Sign
By Joseph Zita
3. Trevor van Riemsdyk – 28 years old – D
At my number three spot I have current Carolina Hurricanes defensemen, Trevor van Riemsdyk.
Now he is the first defensemen on my list and unlike the two other forwards I named I don’t think it’ll be that cheap trying to sign van Riemsdyk.
Not too expensive to sign him but it certainly wont be less than $2M unless he’s willing to take a pay cut.
If the Toronto Maple Leafs don’t try and acquire a top pairing defensemen or a top 4D to play with Morgan Rielly, van Riemsdyk isn’t that bad of an option to sign in the offseason.
He wont cost as much as trading away assets to get a defensemen like a Josh Manson where it was rumoured for the past couple of years, or even trying to sign Alex Pietrangelo in free agency (a Toronto Maple Leafs fan dream).
Trevor who is 28 years old is currently on his last year of a two year $2.3M deal he signed with the Hurricanes, and I can totally see the Leafs trying to sign a guy like him to play on the right side If Barrie and Ceci end up walking in free agency, which they probably will. (Stats from CapFriendly.com)
New contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs $3M x 4 years
This contract isn’t too cheap for van Riemsdyk and it isn’t too expensive for the Toronto Maple Leafs either.