Alex Chiasson
Current Team: Vancouver Canucks
Age: 31
2021-22 Stats: 67 Games, 13 Goals, 22 Points
Current Salary: $750,000
Projected Salary: $750,000
Role: Bottom-Six Winger
Alex Chiasson is a large (6’4) power forward that hasn’t quite been able to live up to his potential as a major scoring threat, but he could easily fit into a role in the Leafs bottom-six.
Like Gagner and Dahlén, he’s another no-risk player who made league minimum last season and will likely get the same salary this season.
He would be a great league minimum replacement for Ilya Mikheyev on the Toronto Maple Leafs third line. He doesn’t have the scoring touch that Mikheyev had last season, but he has had a 22 goal season not long ago and maybe the Leafs excellent development staff can re-ignite his goal scoring abilities.
The Toronto Maple Leafs built a third line last season with large fast players that could start in the defensive zone and move the puck up ice. Alex Chiasson would be a cheap and effective option for that kind of line.