The Toronto Maple Leafs have added some more center depth to the organization, signing Travis Boyd to a one-year, $700K contract.
Boyd, who just turned 27 a few days ago, only became an unrestricted free agent when the Washington Capitals decided to not issue him a qualifying offer. The sixth-round pick has only played in 85 NHL games—including just 24 this season—but has actually produced fine in the opportunity given. Boyd has 31 points in those 85 games despite playing extremely limited minutes and was a positive possession player this season.
This is certainly not an impact signing for the Maple Leafs, but after inking Wayne Simmonds and T.J. Brodie yesterday they weren’t going to fit in any more impact players under the salary cap. Instead, they’ll try to improve the fourth line marginally after letting Frederik Gauthier go unqualified.
The Leafs like Engvall a lot, this tells me Kerfoot’s going to be on the move. Boyd will play on the 4th line ….
or they replace Andreas with Engvall and Boyd place 4th line wing. he’s not very good in the dot anyway and Dubas likes his 2C 4th lines.