With the Leafs looking for players to step up and add more secondary scoring, Pierre Engvall is a prime candidate to follow up a career year with another one. (By lukefoxjukebox)
The cap-strapped Maple Leafs are already a projected $1.5 million over the salary ceiling, so Dubas could ill afford to buy any of Engvall’s UFA years on this extension.
So, the player is betting on himself — in hopes of securing the kind of money and commitment Mikheyev reaped from the Canucks. And the Maple Leafs have added Engvall to their growing list of platform-year assets. Alexander Kerfoot, Michael Bunting, David Kämpf, Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Wayne Simmonds, and Justin Holl are all headed to UFA status in 2023, too.“I discussed it with my agent , and what we came to is, it was the best thing to do,” Engvall explained. “I let him take care of it, and I’m just glad I got to re-sign with Toronto.”Engvall made great strides this past season.
“He’s just found a real groove with his role and been really stable and consistent with where he’s been in the lineup,” said John Tavares, encouraged to see Engvall using his outsized frame to his advantage.If Engvall can use that to pop 20, even better. For him, and for a Maple Leafs squad that is banking that Engvall’s best nights are still ahead of him.Pierre Engvall, signed 1x$2.25M by TOR, is useful two-way forward.
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