{"id":908119,"date":"2026-09-24T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/908119\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:44:09","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-placing-f-steven-lorentz-on-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/908119\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs placing F Steven Lorentz on waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> will be placing veteran forward Steven Lorentz<\/a> on waivers Thursday.<\/p>\n

The update comes after Lorentz was absent from practice earlier in the day. He has consistently skated as an extra forward in camp.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old winger posted seven goals and 18 points in 71 games last season with Toronto.<\/p>\n

Lorentz remains signed through the 2027-28 season at a cap hit of $1.35 million.<\/p>\n

Moving on from Lorentz is the latest move made by general manager John Chayka as he continues to reshape the roster. Chayka added forwards Colton Sissons<\/a>, Jack Roslovic, Nick Paul, Teddy Blueger, Brandon Duhaime<\/a> and Zack MacEwen<\/a> this summer, while first-overall pick Gavin McKenna<\/a> is also expected to crack the opening-night roster.<\/p>\n

On the blueline, Chayka traded Simon Benoit<\/a> as part of the deal add defenceman Emil Andrae<\/a> and made a major swing in adding Darren Raddysh<\/a> in a sign-and-trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> that included an eight-year contract extension.<\/p>\n

Lastly, prized free-agent addition Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> is set to pair with Anthony Stolarz<\/a> in net after both Joseph Woll<\/a> and Dennis Hildeby<\/a> were traded this summer.<\/p>\n

A veteran of 381 career games with the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>, San Jose Sharks<\/a>, Florida Panthers<\/a> and Maple Leafs, Lorentz has 36 career goals and 80 career points. <\/p>\n

The Maple Leafs previously placed defencemen Dakota Mermis<\/a> and Cole McWard<\/a> on waivers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Maple Leafs will be placing veteran forward Steven Lorentz on waivers Thursday. The update comes after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[712,49,48,82,313689,74650],"class_list":["post-908119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-steven-lorentz-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478904","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}