Knights acquire NHL's top free agent in trade with Maple Leafs

Danny Webster, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Jun 30, 2025

Published in Hockey

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LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights are acquiring Mitch Marner in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to multiple reports Monday.

Marner is set to be the top free agent in this year’s class. The deal gives the Knights an exclusive window to negotiate with the 28-year-old right wing before the market opens at noon ET Tuesday.

The trade also allows the team to offer Marner a contract extension of up to eight years. Marner can only sign a seven-year deal if he becomes a free agent.

Terms of the trade were not immediately available.

Marner, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2015 draft, is leaving the Maple Leafs after nine seasons with the organization. He is one of the NHL’s top two-way forwards, as he scored 741 points in 657 games with Toronto while earning Selke Trophy votes in each of the past seven years.

Marner, a native of Markham, Ontario, scored a career-high 102 points last season and has eclipsed the 90-point mark four different times.

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