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Toronto Maple Leafs Rumour Round Up: Kuemper, Landeskog and More

By Jeremy Ridgewell

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 22: Goaltender Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Arizona Coyotes during the NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Gila River Arena on January 22, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. The Coyotes defeated the Golden Knights 5-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 22: Goaltender Darcy Kuemper #35 of the Arizona Coyotes during the NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Gila River Arena on January 22, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. The Coyotes defeated the Golden Knights 5-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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On Wednesday evening, David Pagnotta from thefourthperiod.com made a guest appearance on Sportsnet Tonight on The Fan 590 radio station in Toronto and indicated that Zach Hyman is looking for a new deal worth close to $6 million per season. He also noted that the Toronto Maple Leafs are not prepared to pay Hyman that much. Hyman will hit the open market when free agency starts on July 28th.

With Hyman leaving, Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas will look to fill Hyman’s roster spot by trade or free agency.  One player Toronto is likely to target is Gabriel Landeskog according to Pagnotta.

Pagnotta reported on Wednesday that the Maple Leafs are trying to move forward Alex Kerfoot and his $3.5 million cap hit. If Dubas can get that done, he could use the extra cap space to try and acquire Landeskog. He also indicated that Landeskog lives just outside the Toronto area in the off-season.

That could be part of Toronto’s selling point to Landeskog along with the fact that Landeskog can go from one highly offense team to another. A first line of Landeskog, Auston Matthews, and Mitch Marner is bound to put up a lot of points.

Last season Landeskog recorded 20 goals and 32 assists for 52 points in 54 games. Scoring depth is something that the Toronto Maple Leafs need to address this off-season, and Landeskog fits that need perfectly.

Toronto will likely have to offer Landeskog a long-term deal with an AAV of $7 million as a starting point. If Dubas is successful in getting the Swede to sign in Toronto, that will likely be the team’s biggest signing of the off-season.

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