New season, new coach in Toronto, with a new era as they have hired Craig Berube, former coach of the St.Louis Blues. Which means a new idea and philosophy will be set in place as the coach has a new vision, contrary to former head coach Sheldon Keefe.
According to Dave Pagnotta, the Leafs are attracted to both Dakota Joshua and Nikita Zadorov, a pair of UFA's from the Vancouver Canucks alongside SoCal's Viktor Arvidsson.
Zadorov played last season with the Calgary Flames before being dealt to the Vancouver Canucks; he's played in a total of 642 NHL games, scoring 47 goals with 99 assists. Joshua, his teammate in Vancouver, scored 18 goals and 14 assists in 63 games this past season, and has also suited up with the St. Louis Blues during his NHL career.
Meanwhile, Arvidsson is coming off an injury-riddled campaign that saw him only appear in 18 games in 2023-24, scoring six goals with nine assists. In 546 games with the Nashville Predators and Los Angeles Kings, he's tallied a total of 179 goals and 183 assists.
Nikita Zadorov will repordetly want north of 6 million, a salary that may not be in the cards for the Leafs, unless GM Brad Treliving would like to work some magic around.
