Maple Leafs Finally Re-Sign RFA Holdout Rasmus Sandin
After holding out for extra money, Rasmus Sandin has been signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs at the original offer, marking the entire holdout process as a waste.
The deal rings in at two years, $2.8 million -- to be broken down to $1.2 million in the first year and $1.6 million in the second, making Sandin's qualifying offer in 2024 at least $1.6 million.
Sandin, 22, has 28 points in 88 NHL games, and has never played in a top-four role. In light of those facts, the Swedish blueliner has performed admirably in the minutes with which he has been trusted.
The injuries are starting to pile up for Toronto -- Tavares, Engvall, Liljegren, Benn are among the injured bodies -- and Sandin and his agent, Lewis Gross, decided it was time to end the pause. According to Frank Seravalli, Toronto drew a line in the sand at the $1.4 million-mark, but Gross wanted more once he saw the numbers at which others around the league were being signed.
Nevertheless, this is a great short-term deal for Toronto, who is in desperate need of quality, cost-controlled players.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||