{"id":28528,"date":"2025-07-01T00:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28528\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T00:56:11","slug":"golden-knights-land-mitch-marner-from-maple-leafs-with-8-year-extension-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28528\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights land Mitch Marner from Maple Leafs with 8-year extension: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vegas Golden Knights are finally landing their man, agreeing to a sign-and-trade deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday to acquire Mitch Marner. The deal includes an eight-year contract extension for Marner, per league sources.<\/p>\n

Marner passes up the opportunity to test the free-agent market by agreeing to the extension, which will pay him $12 million per season.<\/p>\n

Vegas traded center Nicolas Roy to the Maple Leafs in order to jump the queue and secure the All-Star winger, gaining the ability to lock him into a maximum-length contract in the process.<\/p>\n

TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger was the first to report the deal.<\/p>\n

Marner will now be under contract in Vegas through his 36th birthday.<\/p>\n

The deal materialized after days of speculation about a trade involving Marner and multiple previous failed attempts<\/a> by the Golden Knights to pick him up from Toronto. Those parties were also involved in discussions on a three-way deal with the Carolina Hurricanes around the March 7 trade deadline that would have brought Marner to Vegas, but that plan fell apart, according to league sources. Vegas engaged in Marner talks at least one other instance before then.<\/p>\n

In landing Marner, the Golden Knights add a top-of-the-lineup superstar who thrives in all situations. He\u2019s ranked among the top 10 NHL forwards in ice time per game each of the past six seasons, serving as a top-unit penalty-killer and power-play option while also skating on the Leafs\u2019 top line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not too many guys that can excel both as a power-play player and a penalty killer and five-on-five and three-on-three,\u201d Team Canada coach Jon Cooper said of Marner during February\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off. \u201cMitch can do it all. I\u2019ve watched this kid grow from when he was a young kid in pro hockey to what he is now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just keeps getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marner is also coming off a career-best season with 102 points, finishing as the NHL\u2019s fifth-highest scorer.<\/p>\n

The forward leaves the Leafs as one of the organization\u2019s most accomplished players, sitting fifth on the team\u2019s all-time scoring list with 741 points at age 28. He went No. 4 to his hometown team in the 2015 draft and became an immediate fan favorite because of his creativity and elite playmaking ability.<\/p>\n

However, Marner also drew sharp criticism for the team\u2019s inability to get over the playoff hump and started to chafe under that scrutiny.<\/p>\n

It became clear he was considering a departure in free agency when he refused to engage in discussions on a contract extension with the Leafs last season. Last week, Leafs general manager Brad Treliving acknowledged to reporters<\/a> that Marner was going to test the free-agent market.<\/p>\n

NHL teams are increasingly looking to deal the rights of pending unrestricted free agents to a choice destination before the market opens. The Leafs sent a 2026 seventh-round pick and forward Max Ellis to the Dallas Stars last year to acquire Chris Tanev\u2019s negotiating rights before signing him to a six-year deal. And the Tampa Bay Lightning dealt a 2025 third-round pick to Carolina for Jake Guentzel\u2019s rights before signing him to a seven-year contract.<\/p>\n

In dealing Marner, the Leafs at least managed to recoup a useful player, albeit one who plays a vastly different role than the one they\u2019re losing.<\/p>\n

Roy is an aggressive forechecking bottom-six center who is under contract for two more years at a $3 million cap hit. He had 15 goals and 31 points in 71 games with the Golden Knights last season.<\/p>\n

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