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# Maple Leafs sign Pacioretty and Lorentz
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-sign-pacioretty-and-lorentz/
- Published: 2024-10-07T14:22:59.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-07T14:31:03.000Z
- Description: Also a Cade Webber extension.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: Free Agents and Contracts

> 🖋️ We’ve signed Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz to one-year contracts and Cade Webber to a two-year contract extension [pic.twitter.com/odzWckDngm](https://t.co/odzWckDngm?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) [October 7, 2024](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1843295424062660657?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> One-year deals in Toronto:  
> Max Pacioretty comes in at $873,770  
> Steven Lorentz at $775K  
>  
> Pacioretty also has games-played bonuses which could reach $600K. Those would count against next year’s cap  
>  
> Toronto squeezing to maximize its space
> 
> — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) [October 7, 2024](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1843295301807079566?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

This would appear to fit in with this scenario for a cap-compliant roster later today: 

> Potential [#LeafsForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) roster options for tmrw:  
>  
> 1)  
> \*Put Jarnkrok, Hakanpaa, Mermis, Minten SOIR on LTIR.   
> \*Sign Pacioretty & Lorentz for combined 1,725,333 ($950K & 775K)  
> \*Submit roster  
> \*Later add Dewar to LTIR & gain $1.18M additional space  
>  
> Or:[https://t.co/3WS5FSkmCM](https://t.co/3WS5FSkmCM?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) [October 7, 2024](https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1843198188372824073?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

This does not solve the long term problem of too many players and too much salary once everyone is healthy. 

To clarify the bonuses on Pacioretty's deal which are reported to come at 10 games and 35 games and $313,115 each time: Bonuses count against the cap when they are earned, however there is a "bonus cushion" in play in-season, that allows a team to not apply them against that year's cap and then ultimately roll them into the next season. This is not ideal, and it's not a given, if there is space, the bonuses can be paid out this year. 

Webber's details: 

> Cade Webber signs a two-year extension with the [#leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) carrying an $825,000 AAV at the NHL level.   
>  
> It's a two-way deal in 2025-26 that becomes a one-way deal in 2026-27.
> 
> — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [October 7, 2024](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1843296603890962691?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)