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One day before the NHL free agency begins, Toronto hit Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights Gold on a Blockbuster trade.
Maple Leafs treated the All-Star tip Mitch Marner to the Knights, ESPN reported on Monday.
Marner was testing free agency for the first time, but this is expected to be a sign and trade. It is unknown what Marner’s new deal will be.
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Toronto Maple Leafs Frem Mitch Marner (16) skates against Florida Panthers in the third period in the game five of the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playing game in Scotiabank Arena. (John E. Sokolowski Preferred Pictures)
On the other hand, Leaf’s center Nic Roy, who had just finished his sixth year in Las Vegas and eighth gathered in the NHL after spending her first two with Carolina Hurricanes. Roy scored 15 goals and released 16 assists for 31 points in 71 games for the knights during the 2024-25 season.
Meanwhile, Marner ended his six-year-old limited deal with Maple Leafs, the team he grew up rooting in as Markham, Ontario, natives. Marner’s agreement was a salary-cap hit per Season of $ 10.9 million.
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The 28-year-old spoke 741 points over his nine years with the organization, including 102 last season with 27 goals and 75 assists over 81 seasonal matches in regular season.
During the playoffs, Marner scored only twice, but he had 11 assists for a total of 13 points in 13 games for Toronto.
Toronto Maple Leafs Right Wing Mitch Marner (16) jumps during the warm -up before match two of the second round in the 2025 Stanley Cup playing game against Florida Panthers in the Scotiabank Arena. (Nick Turchiaro/Imag- Pictures)
Marner was the fourth overall election in the NHL draft in 2015 by Maple Leafs, and he has been worth the committee in the first round considering his production output every season. But when Toronto continues to search for the last race in the Stanley Cup, a main contributor goes on the offensive end to start a new chapter elsewhere in the league.
The knights, led by veteran head coach Bruce Cassidy, won the cup in the 2022-23-only season six years after his opening season as an expansion franchise. They actually went to the Stanley Cup final during this campaign 2017-18 under Gallant’s leadership.
Vegas went 50-22 last season, but ultimately had the same fate as Toronto and lost in the second round. The knights fell to any back-to-back western conference master Edmonton Oilers, who fell to Florida Panthers again in the Stanley Cup final.
Toronto Maple Leaf’s right wing Mitch Marner (16) skates during the warm -up before a game against Detroit Red Wings in Scotiabank Arena. (Nick Turchiaro/Imag- Pictures)
Marner now joins top talent like Jack Eichel, Mark Ston, Tomáš Hertl and more next season.
And with the Marner question answered, Maple can focus their priorities elsewhere with free agency beginning at noon on July 1st.
