Toronto Maple Leafs: Contract Expectations of Pending Free Agents

The Toronto Maple Leafs have many contracts due to end soon.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have an interesting and busy off-season (whenever it happens).

Between juggling the navigation of what will likely be a flat salary cap, a rushed off-season period to mitigate the amount of lost time between seasons due to the corona virus pandemic, and some key decisions on contract renewals or trades that may need to happen, Kyle Dubas will be a busy man.

Due to salary cap restrictions, I don’t picture the Toronto Maple Leafs being big buyers once free-agency opens, but with few exceptions, free agency is when teams make their worst decisions anyways, so this may turn out to be a good thing.

Dubas may, however,  surprise with some under-the-radar signings, like so much at this point, the future is unclear.

For now, we’ll turn our focus to the pending free agents currently under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, both in the NHL and those who were assigned to the AHL.

For simplicity’s sake, the list is divided between NHL players and minor-league players, along with some thoughts on most of the players involved.