TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Pierre Engvall to a one-year contract extension.
The average annual value is US$2.25 million.
Engvall, 26, recorded 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 78 games with the Maple Leafs this past season while collecting three assists in seven games during the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Swede has posted 62 points (30 goals, 32 assists) through 168 career regular-season games with Toronto and has added four assists in 17 career playoff appearances.
Engvall previously spent three seasons with the Toronto Marlies (2017-20) where he posted 56 points (30 goals, 26 assists) in 94 career regular-season AHL games, plus another 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) through 34 career playoff games.
Engvall, who selected by Toronto in the seventh round, 188th overall, in the 2014 NH draft, won the 2018 Calder Cup with the Marlies.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 17, 2022.
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