#3. Calle Jarnkrok
Stats with the Toronto Maple Leafs:
Regular Season:
Games Played: 73
Goals: 20
Assists: 19
Playoffs:
Games Played: 11
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
Contract Status:
Signed through 2025-27 at $2.4M AAV.
Overall Thoughts:
A short time ago, the only Leafs players signed through the 2023-24 season were alternate captain and first-pair defenseman Morgan Rielly, and Jarnkrok. Dubas brought in the versatile forward as a free agent a few years back and Jarnkork has been useful for Keefe.
Jarnkrok spent stretches of time on different lines and did not look out of place playing with the likes of star center Auston Matthews, who openly lobbied to have the Swede as his wingman.
If you are good enough for the highest paid player in the league to want you on their line, then you must have some skill.
Even though Jarnkrok did not have steady linemates, he still managed to become a 20 goal scorer for the first time in his nine-year National Hockey League career. Jarnkrok possesses a sneaky good slap shot and has enough strength to win some forechecking battles in the corners.
Although many articles mention the Jarnkrok contract as one that new GM Brad Treliving can shed to get under the higher end of the cap, this is a player who does the little things right and has no trouble blending in smoothly with whoever surrounds him. He can even be effective in a limited man advantage role and has earned the respect from Keefe to kill off penalties.