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# Leafs sign Pittsburgh Penguins' legend Daniel Winnik to two year contract
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/leafs-sign-pittsburgh-penguis-legend-daniel-winnik-to-two-year/
- Published: 2015-07-01T22:12:12.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-01T22:12:12.000Z
- Description: Daniel Winnik returns to the Leafs on a two year contract.
- Author: Species
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

> The [@MapleLeafs](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have signed free agent forward [Daniel Winnik](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54625/daniel-winnik?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to a two-year contract. [#TMLTalk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TMLTalk?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) [July 1, 2015](https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/616373770845093888?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

Winnik, known for being the best player the Leafs ever traded to Pittsburgh, returns to Toronto.

> Winnik AAV in TOR is $2.25
> 
> — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) [July 1, 2015](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/616378490766651393?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

The Leafs signed Winnik from free agency in 2014 for a one year contract at $1.3M. The left-winger played 58 games for the Leafs, mostly on the third line, scoring 7 goals and 18 assists until he was[ traded to the Penguins at the trade deadline](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/daniel-winnik-traded-to-pittsburgh-penguins/) for Zack Sill, a 2015 4th round pick, and a 2016 2nd round pick, which was just returned to the [Penguins](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/pittsburgh-penguins?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) in the Kessel trade. Oh, and the Leafs retained 50% of his salary.

Winnik's first goal in Toronto was on this hilarious turnover by Columbus. May he get many more.

On February 21st he sealed a Gordie Howe hat trick by fighting [Ben Chiarot](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/130191/ben-chiarot?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com).

For all the Leafs trivia buffs out there this was the game where Olli Jokinen obtained his one point as a Leaf. It was also the game where [Uncle Leo had this awesome short-handed goal](http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=759752&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com).

### What do you think of this signing?

| I like it. Welcome back Winnik!       | 566 |
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| I'm not sure yet.                     | 63  |
| I don't like it. This was a bad move. | 70  |