Where to find former Toronto Maple Leafs in 2024-25
Former Maple Leafs have found jobs all over the NHL, here is where you can find them playing
The new NHL / Toronto Maple Leafs season is underway, but after a summer full of NHL roster moves, it can be hard to track where everyone ended up a d several former members of the club playing all over the NHL.
If you are curious where all these former Toronto Maple Leafs players are skating here is a quick list where you can find them to watch, cheer or boo them.
Tyler Bertuzzi signed on with the Toronto Maple Leafs for one-season in 2023 and after a slow start he finished with 21 goals, which was helped by 14 tallies in his final 25 games. The Sudbury, Ontario native would sign a four-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks for $22 Million (per: PuckPedia.com).
Tyson Barrie has had a bit of a roller coaster ride the last couple of seasons after being acquired by the Maple Leafs with Alex Kerfoot in 2019 for Nazem Kadri. After leaving Toronto in free agency in 2020, he would sign two separate contracts with the Edmonton Oilers before being dealt to the Nashville Predators. This past training camp he signed a professional contract with the Calgary Flames which eventually led to a one-year deal worth $1.25 Million.
Where to find former Toronto Maple Leafs in 2024-25
Speaking of Alex Kerfoot, the often criticized forward in Toronto signed on with the Arizona Coyotes last off-season on a two-year deal worth $3.5 Million per season. Kerfoot would go on to score 13-goals and 45-points last year. Thanks to the Coyotes move he will now play the inaugural season in Utah and is set to become a free agent next summer.
T.J. Brodie was so good as Morgan Rielly's partner until he wasn't and when he wasn't, he really wasn't. After playing four seasons in his hometown of Toronto, Brodie hit free agency last summer at the age of 34 and was given a multi-year contract in Chicago earning $3.75 million per season.
Travis Dermott has unfortunately started a description for prospects in the organization that refers to when you continually wait for them to show they are a top four defenseman and just couldn't make the jump. Rasmus Sandin became the second and it looks as though Timothy Liljegren is now the next. Kyle Dubas tried to give the Newmarket native a fresh start by trading him to Vancouver, which then led to a stop last season in Arizona. This past training camp, Dermott signed a professional tryout with the Edmonton Oilers which led to a one-year deal at the league minimum.
Recently some of the Maple Leafs were asked who the biggest trash talker in the league was and some of the responses was Michael Bunting. The Toronto native had two really good seasons in Toronto where he completely outplayed his contract which earned him a three-year deal in Carolina for $13.5 million. As the Hurricanes were loading up for the playoffs, Bunting became one of the main pieces in a trade for Jake Guentzel. He is now playing for the Penguins where he is in year two of his three year deal.
Lou Lamoriello has made some bad signings in his time, but Pierre Engvall's deal may take the cake. After acquiring the lanky forward from Toronto, Lamoriello would signed Engvall to a seven-year deal with the New York Islanders. Just this week, in year two of that deal the Islanders had already placed Engvall on waivers, but he went unclaimed and is now assigned to Bridgeport.
Speaking of bad contracts, Justin Holl signed a three-year deal worth $3.4 million cap hit in Detroit last summer and before the start of this season he was also placed on waivers, went unclaimed and is now assigned to Grand Rapids of the American hockey League.
Brad Treliving let Ilya Samsonov walk in free agency. The former first round pick of the Washington Capitals played two-years in Torotno where he would take on the number one goalie job at but eventually played so bad would was placed on waivers being unclaimed. This past summer he signed a one-year deal in Vegas to back-up Adin Hill for the Golden Knights.
Beaumont, Alberta native Noah Gregor was a PTO signing by the Maple Leafs last training camp that earned a one-year deal where he dressed in 63 games during the season and collected six goals playing primarily on the fourth line. Gregor signed on this past summer with the Ottawa Senators on a one-year contract.
Ilya Mikheyev had a big year in 2022 despite playing in just 53 games, which included scoring 231 goals. He would go on to sign in Vancouver on a four-year deal worth $4.75 million per year. Injuries hampered his first season and last year his output was just 11-goals which led to him being traded to the Blackhawks where he has two-years left on that deal.
Like Travis Dermott, Rasmus Sandin struggled to jump to a consistent top four defenseman and was traded to the Washington Capitals at the 2023 trade deadline for the first round pick that ended up being Easton Cowan. Last March he signed a five year extension that pays $4.6 million per season to stay in Washington long term.