Maple Leafs sign D Chris Tanev to $27M deal, add Ekman-Larsson and Stolarz in free-agent deals

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed free-agent defenceman Chris Tanev to a six-year deal worth $27 million.

The deal carries an average annual salary of $4.5 million.

The 34-year-old played in 56 games for the Calgary Flames last season before being acquired by the Dallas Stars at the trade deadline.

With the Stars, Tanev recorded one goal and four assists in 19 regular season games and added two assists in 19 playoff games.

The Maple Leafs acquired him on June 29 for forward Max Ellis and a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.

In 792 career NHL regular season games, the Toronto native has 33 goals and 157 assists in a career split between Vancouver, Calgary, and Dallas.

Toronto then added another piece to their blue line with the signing of free-agent defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a four-year, $14 million contract.

Ekman-Larsson had nine goals and 32 points in 80 regular-season games with the Florida Panthers this past season.

The 32-year-old added another two goals and six points through 22 games during the playoffs en route to capturing the Stanley Cup.

The Swedish defenceman is coming off a one-year, $2.25 million contract with Florida after getting bought out by the Vancouver Canucks last off-season.

Maple Leafs extend Woll, strengthen backup role

The Maple Leafs also announced they have signed goaltender Joseph Woll to a three-year extension worth almost $11 million.

Woll was entering the final year of his contract that carries a $766,667 cap hit.

The 25-year-old appeared in 25 games this past season, posting a 12-11-1 record with a 2.94 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.

Woll took over the net in the Leafs’ first-round series against the Boston Bruins with the team facing elimination and helped them force a Game 7 after posting a .086 goals-against average and .964 save percentage in three games, including two starts. Unfortunately, an injury at the end of Game 6 forced him to miss Game 7, which Toronto lost with Ilya Samsonov in net.

To help back up Woll this coming season the Maple Leafs signed goaltender Anthony Stolarz to a two-year, $5-million deal.

The 30-year-old posted a 16-7-2 record with a 2.03 goals-against average, a .925 save percentage and two shutouts over 27 games with the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

In 108 career NHL games with the Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers, Stolarz has a 43-31-9 record with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage.