Toronto Maple Leafs Not Only Team in Contract Trouble

The Toronto Maple Leafs got off to strange start with their new GM and are now in a bit of contract trouble.

I don’t think anyone was expecting that the first three moves the Toronto Maple Leafs new GM would make would be for David Kampf, Pontus Holmberg and Ryan Reaves.

Be that as it may, and Leafs started with a limited amount of cap space and spent a fair bit of what they did have on replacement players.  They then followed that up by spending another seven million on John Klingberg and Tie Domi.

The limited cap space is one thing, but the entire organization is in a state of flux because of the uncertain future of their superstars.

One year, that is all that is left that Auston Matthews and William Nylander are signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Once that one season is over, as of this writing, the Toronto Maple Leafs would lose both those star players for nothing.

There is a lot of talk through hockey media about Nylander and Matthews contract extensions and how they are not going smoothly.  What is not being discussed nearly enough is how the  Leafs are not the only team that are in trouble as other franchises have multiple of their star players entering the 2023-24 season on the final year of their deals as well.

Here is a look at what other teams need to get some of their star players re-signed.