{"id":687461,"date":"2026-06-06T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687461\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:30:10","slug":"maple-leafs-deadline-trade-of-knies-to-canadiens-scuttled-by-one-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/687461\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs’ deadline trade of Knies to Canadiens scuttled by one minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Knies<\/a> was one minute away from being a Montreal Canadien.<\/p>\n

A trade-deadline deal to ship the power forward from the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> to their biggest rival didn’t happen because it was submitted 60 seconds past the 3 p.m. ET hard stop, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Friday’s edition of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast.<\/p>\n

“Now, I’ve heard some different variations on why it was late and whose fault it was that it was late, but I don’t know for sure,” Friedman said. “But suffice it to say, a lot of people pointed fingers at other people or gave different reasons as to why it didn’t happen.”<\/p>\n

The trade would have sent Knies to the Canadiens in exchange for top prospect Alexander Zharovsky<\/a>, one other prospect and two first-round picks, Friedman said, confirming a Thursday report<\/a> by David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period.<\/p>\n

Knies, 23, is under contract through the 2030-31 season at $7.75 million annually but does not have a no-trade clause, making him a moveable asset as former general manager Brad Treliving sought to restock the Maple Leafs’ cupboards.<\/p>\n

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However, with Treliving out and John Chayka in as GM, the trade likely won’t be resuscitated this off-season.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s possible Montreal wanted to revisit it, but I don’t believe it will happen. I think that deal is off the table now,” Friedman said.<\/p>\n

Knies, a second-round pick in 2021, appeared in 79 games this season, tallying a career-high 66 points (23 goals, 43 assists). However, as the Maple Leafs slumped out of the playoffs, the Phoenix native also posted a career- and team-worst minus-30.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens, meanwhile, reached the conference final with seven-game series wins over the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres before falling in five games to the Carolina Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

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