Insider Reveals How the Leafs Plan to Fix the Roster, Starting with Matthew Knies
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The Maple Leafs have not yet announced a contract extension for Matthew Knies, and one Insider has revealed the real reason for the delay.
The Maple Leafs set an internal deadline of June 30th to sign their budding star, Matthew Knies, to an extension in the hopes of avoiding a potential offer-sheet scenario.
While Knies has been adamant about returning to Toronto and Treliving would like to get it done as soon as possible, it appears as though negotiations have hit a snag.
NHL Insider Nick Kypreos has Revealed the Reason for the Delay on Matthew Knies' Extension with the Maple Leafs
According to Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos in his latest piece for The Toronto Star, the delay in getting Knies done is due to the Leafs attempting to be tougher in negotiations with their younger players in an attempt to avoid a future Mitch Marner situation.
With that being said, the Leafs still have 11 days to hammer out an extension for the former second-round pick to avoid an offer sheet scenario, and with Leafs reporter James Mirtle stating late last week that it could be announced shortly, it wouldn't come as a surprise to see an announcement in short order.
The 22-year-old is coming off of a 29-goal, 58-point campaign that saw him take massive steps forward in his growth as a predominant power-forward alongside Auston Matthews.
With the departure of Marner, Knies will be expected to shoulder a larger workload next season and has already started working towards handling that workload with his early off-season training.
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