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Pontus Aberg
Kenny Agostino
Tyler Gaudet
Kalle Kossila
Nick Shore
Garrett Wilson
Kevin Gravel
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Maple Leafs announce seven signings
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced the signings of seven contracts on Wednesday, one day after gaining cap flexibility in acquiring David Clarkson's contract.Forwards Pontus Aberg, Kenny Agostino, Tyler Gaudet, Kalle Kossila, Nick Shore and Garrett Wilson, and defenceman Kevin Gravel have all signed with the club.
Aberg, 25, scored 12 goals and posted 25 points in 59 games with the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild last season. He signed a a one-year, $700,000 deal with the Leafs.
Agostino received the only two-year deal of the group on Wednesday. The 27-year-old, who had six goals and 24 points in 63 games with the Montreal Canadiens and New Jersey Devils last season, will carry a cap hit of $737,500.
Gaudet and Kossila both signed two-way deals on Wednesday. Gaudet spent all of last season with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, posting eight goals and 25 points in 50 games. Kossila had one goal in eight games with the Ducks last season and scored 14 goals and 35 points in 44 games with the AHL's San Diego Gulls.
Shore, 26, is a veteran of 236 career NHL games but spent all of last season in the KHL with Magnitogorsk Metallurg. He scored three goals and posted 16 points in 37 games with the Russian club. His deal is also one-year at $750,000.
Wilson signed a one-year, $725,000 contract with the Maple Leafs. He appeared in 50 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, posting two goals and eight points and added eight goals and 18 points in 18 games with the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Gravel, 27, posted three assists in 36 with the Edmonton Oilers last season and had one assist in five AHL games with the Bakersfield Condors. His deal is carries an average annual value of $700,000.
is Mikheyev targeted for marlies ; and if so , will he be happy about it ?
Does Aberg see many minutes next season or is he destined for the press box/waivers?
Aberg will be in the NHL in some capacity. If he ends up on waivers I can see him getting claimed.
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Aberg ... not bad.
MounD - Double Threat FHL (18-19 champs)
10-Team Yahoo daily H2H Dynasty
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 2G, 7Bn (IR)
G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK // W, Sv, GAA, Sv%, SHO
C: Bergeron, Barkov, Aho, Point, Kadri
LW: Marchand, Landeskog, Hertl, Marchessault
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G: Bobrovsky, Holtby, Lehner, Greiss-Varlamov
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Camp news updates:
Babcock sees Kapanen playing with Kerfoot, but will start with Tavares until Marner is signed
After today, Leafs management won't comment on the Marner situation until a solution is met
Dermott out 12-14 games
Babcock's quote on load management for Andersen (summarizing), "load management doesn't work in the NHL because it's hard to get to the playoffs". Looks like the same old same old with Babcock's backups.
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C: Horvat, Trocheck
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Babcock isn't wrong about goalie use. Usually the GP leaders are there because of poor backup play. If the backup plays well then the team can give the starter extra games off. Otherwise the starter goes as often as possible because, like he said, the team has to get into the playoffs.
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