The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Christopher Tanev to a six-year, $4.5 million annual average deal Monday, while signing defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a four-year, $3.5 million deal.
In addition, goaltender Joseph Woll signed a three-year contract extension and will earn an average of $3.66 million per season starting in 2025-2026. Also, Anthony Stolarz accepted $5 million for two years.
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In Tanev’s case, the deal will pay him $4.5 million annually through the 2029-30 campaign. The Queen City club acquired the rights to the 34-year-old rearguard from the Dallas Stars on Saturday in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2026 and forward Max Ellis.
Traded from the Calgary Flames to the Stars at the most recent trade deadline, the undrafted National Hockey League player has two goals and 17 assists for 19 points in 75 games in 2023. 2024. Tanev played 792 games in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, Flames and Stars, recording 33 goals and 157 assists for 190 points.
Ekman-Larsson and Stolarz have just lifted the Stanley Cup in Florida. The first totaled 32 points in 80 games and the second acted as assistant to Sergei Bobrovsky and kept a record of 16-7-2 in the regular season.
As for Woll, he could have become a restricted free agent and undergo salary arbitration next summer. He will complete his three-year, $2.3 million pact before starting the next one. During the last regular season, he maintained a record of 12-11-1, a goals against average of 2.94 and an efficiency rate of .907. In the playoffs, he signed two wins in three outings against the Boston Bruins in the first round.
Finally, the Leafs announced the return of another goalie, namely Matt Murray, who signed a one-year, $875,000 deal.
