Maple Leafs acquire Matias Maccelli from Utah for a conditional third-round draft pick
Maple Leafs
have acquired playmaking winger Matias Maccelli from the Utah Mammoth for a conditional third-round draft pick in 2027.
Maccelli had
eight goals, 10 assists in 55 games
in an injury-filled season in Utah last year.
The five-foot-11, 185-pound forward showed himself to be a playmaking winger in two prior seasons with the Arizona Coyotes, with 11 goals and 38 assists in 2022-23 and 17 goals and 40 assists in 2023-24.
Maccelli, 24, has one year left at
a cap hit of $3.425 million (U.S.)
. He'll be a restricted free agent in a year. Should the Leafs earn a playoff berth and Maccelli records at least 51 points in 2025-26, the pick will be a second-rounder in 2029.
The Finnish player was a fourth-round pick of the Coyotes in 2019.
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