From kristen_shilton: Maple Leafs sign Mikheyev to one-year deal. MORE:
Mikheyev’s services had been in high demand around the NHL, despite the fact he was never drafted. TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reported last week that a majority of the NHL’s 31 teams had shown interest in Mikheyev, and the forward then confirmed to Russia’s OM1 this week that the Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights were pursuing him closely.
Throughout his KHL tenure, Mikheyev has put up almost an equal number of goals and assists, indicative of his playmaking ability and shooter’s mentality. Mikheyev also has experience killing penalties. According to Dreger, the Leafs have been working on signing Mikheyev for some time, which would explain why the deal has come together less than a week after general manager Kyle Dubas said at the team’s locker clean out day that the Leafs wouldn’t be signing anyone until pending restricted free agent Mitch Marner’s contract was finished.
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