The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed William Nylander to an eight-year contract extension worth $92 million, an $11.5 salary cap hit.
Officially official: William Nylander lands the largest total value contract in #leafs history at $92-million over eight years ($11.5M AAV).
The deal includes a full no-movement clause and significant signing bonus payments, per sources.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) January 8, 2024
This has been something the two sides have been working on since the start of the new calendar year. As NHLRumors.com reported negotiations were going to escalate once the calendar flipped to 2024.
- Cap Friendly: Maple Leafs contracts: 1. Nylander $92 million 2. Tavares $77 million 3. Marner $65.4 million 4. Rielly $60 million 5. Matthews $53 million.
If there was an unofficial deadline on the deal it was the 2024 All-Star Game, which is being held in Toronto.
NHL Rumors: Will the Vancouver Canuks look to get ahead of the trade market? https://t.co/bUXjiCxWkt pic.twitter.com/0kyYa2q5ch
— Mark Easson (@myNHLTradeRumor) January 8, 2024
Nylander is having a career season in Toronto. He opened the season with an 18-game point streak, where he had 27 points (12 goals and 15 assists), including being the hometown hero when the Maple Leafs played in Sweden.
After that 18 game point streak was over, Nylander went on another 13 game point streak logging 21 points (five goals and 16 assists).
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William Nylander Extended by Maple Leafs #leafsforever #nhl @FullPressNHL @FP_Coverage @myNHLTradeRumor @RodPedersenShow pic.twitter.com/I2rTmyCR59
— Jim Biringer (@JimBiringer) January 8, 2024
He is on pace for 45-goals and in insert stat, he continues to prove has been the most consistent Maple Leafs player this season. You could say the Maple Leafs best player.
The two sides wanted to make a deal happen since the start of the season. Leafs general Brad Treliving made it clear they wanted Nylander to stay in Toronto. Nylander made it clear to the Maple Leafs he wanted to stay in Toronto.
However, Nylander was going to play the season out and not worry about his contract because he knew it was going to get done. Nylander is a guy who is comfortable in the city of Toronto and thrives in the big moment.
And here’s his shooting and passing score in the past four seasons. Notably, the outlier year in terms of 5v5 chance creation wasn’t 2023-24, it was last season. pic.twitter.com/oKFrwaz07S
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) January 8, 2024
The Toronto Maple Leafs will re-sign William Nylander to an eight-year extension with an AAV of $11.5M per @DarrenDreger. William Nylander is an elite offensive winger & it’s a fair deal for both sides in our opinion. pic.twitter.com/WTv9tzNsZ1
— Andy & Rono (@ARHockeyStats) January 8, 2024
After blossoming into one of the league’s best wingers over the last two seasons, William Nylander has secured the bag. 💰💰💰 pic.twitter.com/iIV2KWxkQL
— dom 📈 (@domluszczyszyn) January 8, 2024
📈 Reportedly set to sign a fresh deal with #LeafsForever, WILLIAM NYLANDER has exploded in his age-27 season (tied for 5th in #NHL scoring).
The visual below is incredible & begs the question: A new gear from an all-world talent, or a fluke season?Can it be both? https://t.co/kkgyPNgsNQ pic.twitter.com/IYeiXps9Tw
— Paul Pidutti (@AdjustedHockey) January 7, 2024