{"id":270048,"date":"2025-11-08T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/270048\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:37:10","slug":"leafs-looking-for-assets-for-kampf-before-opting-for-contract-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/270048\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafs looking for assets for Kampf before opting for contract termination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things between center David Kampf and the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> aren\u2019t going great, to say the least. On Thursday, it was reported that the Leafs suspended Kampf without pay<\/a> for failing to report to the AHL\u2019s Toronto Marlies. The Czech national is reportedly unhappy with being sent to the AHL, and wants to return to the NHL whether in Toronto or somewhere else.<\/p>\n

Kampf hasn\u2019t played in the AHL since the 2017-18 season, when he played 33 games for the Rockford IceHogs of the Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> organization. Unfortunately for the 30-year old, he seems to have fallen out of favor under this Leafs regime headed by coach Craig Berube. With Kampf only wanting to play in the NHL, and the Leafs not wanting him in the NHL, there is no clear-cut, imminent resolution to the story.<\/p>\n

On Friday\u2019s episode of\u00a0Daily Faceoff LIVE<\/a>, Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton were joined by The Fourth Period\u2019s David Pagnotta to discuss the possible next steps in the Kampf saga.<\/p>\n

Carter Hutton: The David Kampf situation is a very interesting one. I played with Patrik Berglund. He walked away from $12.5 million. So this is not unique to me, but just a unique case for the Leafs here. What happened? How much do you know about the story about him and his contract being terminated?<\/p>\n

David Pagnotta: It sounds like an option with respect to what they\u2019re going to do here. Toronto\u2019s been trying to move Kampf since the summer. It was Kampf, it was Jarnkrok, it was Nick Robertson, the usual suspects that even go back to last season. Treliving has been looking around for a while. The sense that I\u2019ve gotten is that he hasn\u2019t really wanted to just give these guys away. He hasn\u2019t wanted to just take a seventh-round pick and call it a day. He\u2019s wanted some decent type of asset coming back, for whatever the reason. I think in this situation, because it\u2019s gotten this ugly, maybe that\u2019s the route they take. They can trade him for whatever, get a sixth-round pick or something like that and call it. Talking to other teams around the league over the last several months, they know they\u2019re available, but Toronto has had a decent price in mind in order to move out some of these pieces. Teams obviously haven\u2019t been willing to pay, and that\u2019s why they\u2019re still there. <\/p>\n

I think with the Leafs, they\u2019re going to continue to see what\u2019s going on here, but it seems like if we don\u2019t get a resolution today or by the end of the weekend, they\u2019ll just rip it up say that it hasn\u2019t worked, we\u2019ll save the money. Go out there and find a new deal somewhere else.<\/p>\n

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