KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - MAY 17: Finlands Mikko Lehtonen calls for the puck during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia group A game between Finland and Great Britain at Steel Arena on May 17, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia. (Photo by Dean Woolley/MB Media/Getty Images)
During the NHL pause after the season suspended on March 12th, 2020, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas began hunting for depth free agents for next season
The Toronto Maple Leafs immediately looked into the foreign KHL market for players looking to make the jump to the highest level of hockey competition in the world.