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Maple Leafs Ink Raddysh, $68 M Eight-Year Deal

6/20/2026

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Raddysh Signs

Toronto signed defenseman Darren Raddysh from Tampa Bay to an eight-year, $68 million contract with an $8.5 million cap hit.
Raddysh posted 22 goals, 70 points and 11th-place Norris voting, prompting Toronto to give a 2026 fifth-round pick that freed $18.8 million cap space for 2026-27.
GM John Chayka and coach Jim Hiller called the deal a win-now move, noting it is the third-largest cap increase and targets a power play that ranked 15th (21.3%).

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Raddysh Traded

The Lightning traded forward Alex Raddysh for a fifth-round pick, opening a blue-line vacancy.
General manager Julien BriseBois said the club kept cap space to re-sign Raddysh and instead chose the pick to target younger, cheaper talent.
The team will expand the roles of defensemen J.J. Moser, Ryan McDonagh, Erik Cernák and Charle-Edouard D’Astous.
Stars Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel will shoulder more power-play duty.

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Raddysh Extends

Raddysh broke the Tampa Bay Lightning single-season franchise record by scoring 22 goals in 2025-26.
He was ranked No. 2 on TSN’s top 30 UFAs list for the 2026 free-agent market.
In 2016-17 he won the OHL Max Kaminsky Trophy and the Leo Lalonde Trophy.
After a two-year, $1.95 million deal, he secured an eight-year, $68 million extension.

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Raddysh Signs

Toronto signed defenseman Darren Raddysh from Tampa Bay to an eight-year, $68 million contract with an $8.5 million cap hit.
Raddysh posted 22 goals, 70 points and 11th-place Norris voting, prompting Toronto to give a 2026 fifth-round pick that freed $18.8 million cap space for 2026-27.
GM John Chayka and coach Jim Hiller called the deal a win-now move, noting it is the third-largest cap increase and targets a power play that ranked 15th (21.3%).

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