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In recent weeks, new Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> general manager John Chayka has made numerous changes to the franchise, including multiple acquisitions. Not only did he pick up goaltender Samuel Ersson and defenseman Emil Andrae from the Philadelphia Flyers, but he also acquired and signed defenseman Darren Raddysh from the divisional rival Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs were linked to Anaheim Ducks captain Radko Gudas, who has run afoul of Toronto multiple times in his career across various stops in the NHL.<\/p>\n But according to the latest information from a top NHL Insider, that isn\u2019t likely to happen.<\/p>\n Elliotte Friedman Shuts Down Rumors Of The Toronto Maple Leafs Landing Radko Gudas From The Ducks<\/p>\n According to NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman on his latest \u201c32 Thoughts\u201d podcast, he doesn\u2019t foresee Gudas landing with the Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n \u201cBy the way, there was some talk about Gudas in Toronto. I would love to see that,\u201d he said.<\/a> \u201cThink of the content\u2026. Radko Gudas in Toronto. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Gudas is a pending unrestricted free agent after having wrapped up his three-year, $12 million contract that he signed with the Ducks after departing the Florida Panthers<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n Radko Gudas Has A Complicated History With The Maple Leafs<\/p>\n Gudas, who has played for multiple Eastern Conference Clubs during his NHL career, infamously delivered a questionable knee on knee hit to Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews on March 12, which resulted in Matthews suffering a season-ending injury.<\/p>\n Gudas was suspended for five games as a result.<\/p>\n Additionally, Maple Leafs fans won\u2019t soon forget how Gudas celebrated right in the face of now-former Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll after an overtime goal from Nick Cousins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal, which eliminated them from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMichael Whitaker<\/a> Michael Whitaker is a sports journalist based in metro Detroit with nearly a full decade of experience with publications like Clutch Points and The Hockey News. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Eastern Michigan University. More about Michael Whitaker<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Maple Leafs\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty (Photo by Michael Chisholm\/Getty Images) In recent weeks, new Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-759006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759006","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=759006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}