It is a new month and on Saturday the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vooruit Nick Robertson avoided arbitration agree with a one -year -old deal That pays the 23-year-old $ 1,825 million in the 2025-26 season. The Maple Leafs and Robertson had an upcoming hearing of arbitration on Sunday.
The deal comes afterwards Elliote Friedman from Sportsnet reported That the two parties were more than $ 1 million apart where they had set the value of the player with Robertson looking for $ 2.25 million per season and the team that wants to settle at $ 1.2 million.
Robertson, who played for most of the season in the middle-six of the team, played a career-high 69 games in 2024-25 and scored 15 goals and 22 points over that period. On average, he had a career-high 12 minutes per match and seemed to have his attack until last was every time head coach Craig Berube kept him out of the line-up.
In addition to the attack, Robertson ended last season with career heights in blocked shots (33) and Hits (79) who showed that he was bought in the Berube system. However, comes play-offs, Robertson was the strange man again with the Maple Leafs who made a second round exit against the final Stanley Cup winning Florida Panthers.
Since the preparation of the Maple Leafs in the second round of the NHL design of 2019, Robertson has played 156 regular seasonal matches with 32 goals and 56 points, with three points in 13 play -off matches.
The deal helps the two parties to avoid a new sticky situation after the last season when Robertson announced that he wanted to be traded – a request that was later withdrawn after a discussion with incoming coach Berube.
Although Robertson still has to fight for a place in the line-up this season, a veteran of more than 150 games could finally give him the upper hand.
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