The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defender Timothy Liljegren for a two-year, $ 2.8 million contract extension.
The deal has an average annual value of $ 1.4 million for Liljegren, which was scheduled for the restricted free agency.
Liljegren is now the sixth defenseman in the 2021-22 Maple Leafs squad with a contract for next season, joining Morgan Rielly, Jake Muzzin, TJ Brodie, Justin Holl and Mark Giordano. Rasmus Sandin remains scheduled for restricted free agency, along with strikers Pierre Engvall and Ondrej Kase.
🖊 We signed defender Timothy Liljegren for a two-year overtime. #FullesForever
– Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 27, 2022
The 23-year-old scored five goals and scored 23 points in 61 games last season, also playing in two postseason games during the team’s first-round series.
The Kristianstad Swede has five goals and 24 points in 74 career games with the Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs selected Liljegren 17th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
More details to follow.