After a strong preseason performance, winger Noah Gregor has successfully turned his PTO with the Toronto Maple Leafs into a full-time contract with the club.
Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving informed the media today that Gregor would be signed, and The Nation Network’s Jason Gregor reports that it’ll be a one-year, league-minimum $775k pact.
Alongside the move, the Toronto Star’s Kevin McGran reports that 2023 first-round pick Easton Cowan will be loaned back to his OHL team, the London Knights.
Gregor impressed in both training camp and the preseason, skating in five total exhibition games with the Maple Leafs. He scored a goal and added two assists in that span, tying him for the Maple Leafs’ team lead in preseason points according to Natural Stat Trick.
Now 25 years old, Gregor is a versatile forward capable of plying wing or center. He spent the last two seasons with the San Jose Sharks, the team that selected him in the fourth round of the 2016 draft, but was non-tendered this summer.
Gregor scored 10 goals and 17 points last season, skating just under 13 minutes per night with virtually no exposure on special teams. That looks to be the role he’s been signed to play in Toronto.
Treliving did express some optimism that Gregor could earn an expanded role and even work as a penalty-killer. The Athletic’s Jones Siegel reports he’s playing alongside center David Kämpf and veteran enforcer Ryan Reaves, so it appears the fourth line is where Gregor will slot in to start the season.
Everyone said going into the season the leafs had no battles going into camp meanwhile Mitten and Gregor made the team
If Gregor made the team he didn’t win any battle for it, they just don’t have anybody else. He was non-tendered by the worst team in the league and if he hadn’t been on the worst team in the league he’d probably never have played an NHL game.
I mean 17 pts in 57 games isn’t that bad considering he was playing bottom 6 minutes on that horrible team. but he’s not being paid to score, he’s being paid to take on the Zach Aston-Reese roll of hitting, chipping in a goal here or there, and eating 10-13 mins a night.
but his FO percentage means he should be playing wing
Same can be said about bunting look how that turned out
Probably a bit savage. Gregor did alright as a 4th liner. He is what he is.