Calle Jarnkrok
Age: 32
Height/Weight: 6′, 192 LBS
Contract: $2.1 Cap-Hit, Expires in 2026, 2 more seasons after this one. Modified NTC
Draft: 51st overall, 2nd round, 2010 by the Detroit Red Wings
Acquired: Signed UFA 2022
Role: Useful scoring winger
Career Highs: 20 Goals, 39 Points, 73 Games in 2022-23
Last Year’s Scoring: See Above
Last Year 5v5 Scoring/ Rate: 16 Goals, 29 Points. 2.14 P/60
On-Ice 5v5 Stats: Cori-For 50% ; Shots-For 51%; Scoring-Chances-For 52% Goals-For 56% Expected Goals 52%
Status: Trade Bait
Expectations: Low; to be traded.
Notes: Jarnkrok had a career year last year at age 31. That is extremely rare, and rarer still would be repeating it.
Jarnkrok can’t be counted on to repeat, and with younger Toronto Maple Leafs demanding ice-time, and the team being over the cap, he is an obvious choice to be moved.
That said, he’s a useful player and his contract has a lower cap hit in exchange for the extra years, which was a smart move by Dubas.
Unlike Kampf, Jarnkrok is actually worth his cap-hit, so the four years for him made sense.