The Canes bought themselves a first round pick and the leafs had no choice given the cap situation. It was actually Lou that gave him the three years, at the time they were thinking of him as a mentor for the youth and it did turn out that way. Nobody could predict his fall off, I'm not sure the Sharks would be making a choice best for the team by signing a slow 40 year old.
Leafs apparently already came to terms with Kapanen and Johnsson for almost $7m combined but will wait until Marner is signed to ink them.
At least they know what the final cap number is now, some were thinking $83M. I sure hope the Marner signing doesn't drag on. or they only end up gettting a 5 year term.
Leafs #53 overall pick Nicholas Robertson used to live on Babbs street when he was a kid while he was coaching the Wings. He knocked on his door for halloween dressed in a Datsyuk jersey.
Leafs sign both Andreas Johnsson and Kapanen to just over $3M aav, basically the savings from the Marleau deal. This makes them even more valuable as trade bait, maybe one of them going to the canes for a D.
Andreas Johnsson — $3.4 million for four years — and Kasperi Kapanen — $3.2 million for three years. A little lower than anticipated. And I mean about $500k combined but every bit helps.
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has hired Dave Hakstol as an assistant coach. "I'm excited to have the opportunity to join the Maple Leafs coaching staff," said Hakstol. "I look forward to building relationships with the players and getting to work with the entire group." Hakstol, 50, most recently served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers from May of 2015 to December of 2018. Prior to joining the Flyers, the Warburg, Alberta native spent 11 seasons as head coach at the University of North Dakota, where he compiled a record of 289-143-43 along with four Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff championships and seven Frozen Four appearances. He earned conference coach of the year honours on two occasions (2008-09 and 2014-15) and was an eight-time finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award as national coach of the year. As a player, Hakstol spent time with Minnesota and Indianapolis of the IHL after three seasons at the University of North Dakota.
Zaitsev, Connor Brown and Michael Carcone going to the Sens for Ceci, Ben Harpur, Aaron Luckchuk, plus a 3rd round pick in 2020.
You know you're up against the cap when you can't sign Ennis, and Spezza at $700k will have to do. I hope he doesn't turn into the new Marleau where Babbs keeps giving him 15 unproductive minutes a night.
