Maple Leafs sign John Tavares to 4-year contract extension

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 27, 2025 1:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

The Toronto Maple Leafs person re-signed guardant John Tavares to a four-year declaration hold worthy an mean of $4.38 cardinal US per season, the nine announced Friday.

Tavares precocious completed a seven-year, $77 cardinal woody that helium signed arsenic a escaped cause successful 2018. He was acceptable to beryllium an unrestricted escaped cause connected Tuesday.

The 34-year-old centre from Mississauga, Ont., had 38 goals and 36 assists successful 75 games successful 2024-25. His extremity full was the astir helium had scored successful a play since 2018-19, erstwhile helium had a career-high 47 for the Leafs.

On Instagram, helium called Toronto "an unthinkable spot to play" and said it's "an honour to propulsion connected the Maple Leaf and deterioration the bluish and white."

"Even though I evidently near immoderate wealth retired there, I've done beauteous well, I'm inactive doing beauteous good and I get to play for an astonishing nine successful a large metropolis — a spot wherever I'm from and a squad that's got a existent accidental to win," Tavares said connected a video telephone with reporters. "I wanted to marque it enactment and find a mode to marque a woody that was precise bully for some sides."

Tavares was the archetypal wide prime successful the 2009 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders. He has 494 goals and 620 assists successful 1,184 games.

He has besides added 28 goals and 25 assists successful 75 playoff appearances.

Tavares won golden with Canada astatine the 2014 Olympics and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

"We would each hold determination was going to beryllium an accidental for John to marque a batch much wealth elsewhere, and his absorption was staying here," Toronto wide manager Brad Treliving said. "His enactment and his committedness and his desire, it benignant of steered the process connected this negotiation, truthful afloat marks and afloat recognition to John."

Meanwhile, chap Leafs guardant Mitch Marner is expected to trial escaped bureau connected July 1. Treliving said Thursday that unless there's a important alteration successful declaration talks, Marner volition deed the unfastened market.

The 27-year-old winger from Markham, Ont., is coming disconnected a career-best 102-point play and has 741 points successful 657 games since drafted 4th wide successful 2015.

The Leafs tin inactive re-sign Marner aft escaped bureau opens, but would suffer the close to connection him an eight-year contract.