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# A report links the Maple Leafs to Calvin de Haan
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/a-report-links-the-toronto-maple-leafs-to-new-york-islanders-calvin-de-haan-free-agent-rumours/
- Published: 2018-07-01T23:47:28.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-01T23:47:28.000Z
- Description: It might be possible that the Leafs aren’t done fleecing the Islanders of their talent.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

And the end result is....

> Hurricanes have agreed to terms with free-agent defenseman Calvin de Haan, per source. Four years, $18.2 million. Left-shot D completes top two pairings.
> 
> — Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) [July 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/LukeDeCock/status/1014322132212469760?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

I’m not sure if signing Calvin de Haan on top of John Tavares will make Kyle Dubas a Jedi, but it might come close.

> The Toronto Maple Leafs have recently expressed serious interest in D Calvin de Haan. The Islanders also still very interested. A few more teams remain in the mix. Offers in the table, and he’s turned down one long-term offer from a team. Talks very much ongoing.
> 
> — David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) [July 1, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1013571713433505793?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

So, I’m not vouching for the Fourth Period or David Pagnotta. I don’t know if he’s reliable. But this fits with Kyle Dubas’s comments today about veterans taking shorter deals for the joy of being a Maple Leaf.

> .[@MapleLeafs](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) General Manager [@KyleDubas](https://twitter.com/kyledubas?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) addresses the media after the free agent signing of [@91Tavares](https://twitter.com/91Tavares?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). [#TMLtalk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TMLtalk?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/3wr8rLSmSa](https://t.co/3wr8rLSmSa?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) [July 1, 2018](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1013554129480790017?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

It was a bit of an odd comment because we haven’t seen that happen.If anything, Patrick Marleau and Ron Hainsey got more term than was ideal.

So was Dubas talking about a deal yet to be made?

There’s some cap space left, particularly this season, and particularly if Matt Martin is traded now rather than later.

DeHaan is 27, coming off a deal that paid him a career-high $3.3 million in a season shortened by injury. That’s never a situation that makes your team happy with you.

If he is the man who will take short term, the Leafs will suddenly have a second pairing defender, albeit a lefty, who is a notch above Ron Hainsey. Who is also a lefty, so there’s precedent for ignoring the handedness when trying to get better.

It could happen! It might not, but are the Leafs done? I’ll discuss that in more depth tomorrow morning.