Leafs sign Ryan Tverberg to one-year contract

Tverberg was a restricted free agent with arbitration rights after the conclusion of his three-year, entry-level contract at a $851,667 cap hit with the Leafs last season. His qualifying offer was $850,000, so he gets signed to his expected contract.

Tverberg’s deal is a two-way contract, with his AHL salary coming at $250,000. There are no performance/signing bonuses or no-trade/no-move clauses with the contract. The 24 year old will be a Group 6 unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the contract unless he becomes a full-time NHLer next season.

Tverberg is coming off of one of his best seasons in the AHL, where he set career highs in goals (15) and points (36). The production earned him an opportunity with the Leafs late in the regular season, where he got into two games with the NHL club, going pointless in both.

Tverberg also had a big impact during the team’s Calder Cup run, as he had six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 24 playoff games.

The Leafs had a very busy offseason in the first few months under John Chayka, one which has seen them completely overhaul their roster surrounding their core. On top of acquiring Darren Raddysh, Nick Paul and Emil Andrae via trade, they signed Sergei Bobrovsky, Jack Roslovic, Colton Sissons, Teddy Blueger and Brandon Duhaime to contracts in free agency.

The Leafs currently have -$2,752,382 in salary cap space according to PuckPedia, but will get $3.5 million in cap relief to start the season when Max Domi is placed on long-term injured reserve with his back injury. They’re still $7,647,618 under the 110% offseason threshold which teams are not allowed to go over. Toronto has five RFAs left to re-sign, although only two of them (Jacob Quillan and William Villeneuve) will likely be retained, as Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, Roni Hirovonen and Topi Niemela have all played in Europe for at least the last season, with the Leafs merely holding their NHL rights.