Another Toronto Maple Leafs prospect is leaving North America to go sign with a team over in Europe. It’s been something that we are already way too familiar with this offseason and this time, it’s another defenseman.
Defenseman Mikko Kokkonen has signed a one-year deal with Swedish Hockey League team Linkoping HC, announced by the club on Monday morning.
The 24-year-old defenseman was a third-round pick of the Leafs from all the way back in 2019 and has steadily climbed the ladder of development to playing for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies for the last three seasons. Working his way through the Jukurit youth system, playing with that team in the Liiga in both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons before making his trip across the Atlantic and making his North American debut at the end of the 2020-21 season.