The oddest Toronto Maple Leafs saga of the summer concluded today, as the Leafs officially agreed to a one-year, $1.47 million contract with defenseman Jani Hakanpää.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is. The Leafs reportedly agreed to a 2x$1.5m contract with Hakanapää on July 1, but the team never officially announced the deal. Speculation about the severity of the knee injury that ended Hakanapää’s 2023-24 campaign was said to be the hangup, as the Leafs presumably reviewed Hakanapää’s medical records. After months of deliberation, the team appears to be comfortable enough with Hakanapää’s health to give him a contract, albeit with one fewer year and slightly fewer dollars than…
