Toronto Maple Leafs seem to have officially lost rights to 300-game NHL veteran
Only mere weeks after signing the 300-game NHL defenseman, it appears the Toronto Maple Leafs may have officially lost their rights to Jani Hakanpaa.
Brad Treliving of the Toronto Maple Leafs seems to have developed a habit of acquiring injured defensemen from the Dallas Stars. He started this trend last year with John Klingberg, whose hip injury caused him to be laced on long-term injured reserve.
Klingberg had double hip replacement surgery in 2018 and it appears to be a lingering issue #LeafsForever"
This year, the Toronto Maple Leafs picked up two more defensemen from the Dallas Stars. The first was Chris Tanev, followed soon after by injured Jani Hakanpaa who agreed to a 2-year contract worth $3 million in total.
However, history appears to be repeating itself here for Toronto. Almost three weeks after reaching a deal, PuckPedia has removed Hakanpaa from the Maple Leafs roster, as no registration has been made, likely due to not passing physical and medical clearances.
As a result, we've removed him from our projected Leafs roster for now. You'll still see the contract on his page, but he's not assigned to our Leafs roster."
Though this does not guarantee Jani Hakanpaa will never pass clearance, this turn of events certainly does not look good for Toronto. If the player cannot pass soon, hopefully, the Maple Leafs can act quickly to fill in the role he would have served. If not, this could prove to be another failing season for the team.
Source: Maple Leafs Daily
Jani Hakanpaa officially removed from Maple Leafs' PuckPedia page
| POLL | ||
JUILLET 19 | 284 ANSWERS Toronto Maple Leafs seem to have officially lost rights to 300-game NHL veteran Will Jani Hakanpaa be able to play at all with the Toronto Maple Leafs? | ||
| Yes | 75 | 26.4 % |
| No | 209 | 73.6 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cole Sillinger | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cam Atkinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drake Batherson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jonatan Berggren | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matthew Boldy | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 18 | 14 | 4 | - | 28 | |
Capitals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Devils | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Stars | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | 24 | |
Golden Knights | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||