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The day before the NHL free agent started, Toronto maple leaves The Gold Knights of Vegas earned gold in a sensational trade.
Maple Leafs hand over All-Star forward Mitch Marner to the Cavaliers ESPN reported on Monday.
Mana will test free agents for the first time, but that is expected to be a signing deal. Not sure what Mana’s new deal will be.
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) faces the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of Game 5 of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. (John E. Sokolowski Imagn image)
In return, the Leafs won center Nic Roy, who just finished his sixth year in Las Vegas and ranked eighth in the NHL overall. Carolina Hurricane. Roy scored 16 assists in 71 games in 2024-25 and 16 assists in 71 games.
Meanwhile, Marner completed a six-year restricted deal with Maple Leafs, a native of Markham, Ontario. Marner’s deal is a salary cap each season, at $10.9 million.
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The 28-year-old scored 741 points in the organization’s nine years, including 102 points last season, with 27 goals and 75 assists in 81 regular season games.
During the playoffs, Manner scored only two points, but he scored 11 assists in 13 games in Toronto, with a total of 13 points.
Toronto Maple Leaf Right Wing Mitch Marner (16) jumped in a warm-up match ahead of the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Florida Panthers at Scornubuck Arena. (Nick Turchiaro/Imagn image)
Marner is the fourth pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, and he deserves the first round of selection given the output of each season. But as Toronto continues to look for the Stanley Cup finals, major contributors on the offensive end will begin opening new chapters elsewhere in the league.
The Cavaliers, led by experienced head coach Bruce Cassidy, won the Cup in the 2022-23 season, as an expansion franchise just six years after their founding season. In fact, they participated in the 2017-18 Stanley Cup final under Gerard Gallant.
Vegas scored 50-22 last season but ended up with Toronto’s fate and lost in the second round. The Cavaliers fell into the eventual back-to-back league champion Edmonton Oilers, who fell into the Florida Panthers again in the Stanley Cup final.
Toronto Maple Leaf Right Wing Mitch Marner (16) played against the Detroit Red Wings at Scornubuck Arena during a warm-up match. (Nick Turchiaro/Imagn image)
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Marner now joins top talents like Jack Eichel, Mark Ston, Thomas Hertl.
With Marner’s question answered, Maple Leaf can focus its priorities elsewhere, while Free agents start at noon on July 1.
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