Maple Leafs acquire Kirill Marchenko; Matthew Knies heads to Blue Jackets
The Maple Leafs say Miles Wood and goalie Elvis Merzļikins also came to Toronto. The Athletic reports that Marchenko’s agent said he verbally agreed to a six-year, $75 million extension.
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The Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets announced a trade sending Marchenko, Wood and Merzļikins to Toronto for Knies, Steven Lorentz, Emil Andrae and a conditional 2027 second-round pick. The Athletic reports that Marchenko’s agent, Dan Milstein, said he verbally agreed to a six-year, $75 million extension with Toronto. Pierre LeBrun says Columbus will retain 18 percent of Merzļikins’s salary.
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