{"id":166828,"date":"2025-09-24T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/166828\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:12:09","slug":"auston-matthews-maple-leafs-reportedly-need-to-look-inward-before-chasing-nhls-top-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/166828\/","title":{"rendered":"Auston Matthews\u2019 Maple Leafs reportedly need to look inward before chasing NHL\u2019s top free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auston Matthews<\/a> and the Toronto Maple Leafs will chase the Stanley Cup yet again in the upcoming NHL season. On that note, certain areas on the lineup could use improvements. However, reports suggest the team must first address other issues before exploring the market.<\/p>\n

After a strong year with the Carolina Hurricanes, forward Jack Roslovic remains unsigned in the NHL<\/a>. Unrestricted free agency has opened almost three months ago, and the 28-year-old veteran is still in the market. It\u2019s surprising, to say the least.<\/p>\n

The Leafs<\/a> have been linked to Roslovic all summer long. Still, a deal has yet to be agreed upon and signed between Matthews\u2019 Buds and the centerman. That may be because Roslovic envisions himself as a center, while teams plan for him to play on the wing. One way or the other, Roslovic is missing out on crucial hours to adapt to a new system before the NHL season gets underway.<\/p>\n

Beating around the bush<\/p>\n

Toronto, on the other hand, has been losing time as well. Not necessarily because of the forward\u2014since Matthews\u2019 Leafs may pass on Roslovic<\/a>\u2014but for different reasons. As reported around the NHL, the Maple Leafs have yet to address the elephant in the room, and sooner or later, it will catch up with them.<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Roslovic at Lenovo Center on May 10, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely Toronto\u2019s been one of the teams [onto Jack Roslovic], but the Maple Leafs have got a lot of forwards, they\u2019re going to have to move some guys out,\u201d insider Elliotte Friedman said on Donnie & Dhali \u2013 The Team.<\/p>\n

\"NHL<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

NHL News: Auston Matthews\u2019 Maple Leafs reportedly open-minded to parting ways with former Brad Marchand teammate<\/p>\n

<\/a>Roslovic made his case<\/p>\n

After signing a one-year deal with the Hurricanes last summer, Roslovic has no desire to bet on himself with another short-term deal. However, his pursuit for job security has had no success so far in the NHL offseason.<\/p>\n

Last season, the former first-round pick in 2015 finished the campaign with a career-high in goals with 22 tallies across 81 outings. Still, it seems to not be enough to convince organizations of handing him a long-term contract. With the Hurricanes seemingly out of the race, it\u2019s looking like Roslovic will play for the fourth different club in the last three NHL seasons. At some point, bouncing around in the league becomes exhausting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs will chase the Stanley Cup yet again in the upcoming NHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,2368,63,575,85,2370],"class_list":["post-166828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-auston-matthews","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}