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# Offical: Toronto Maple Leafs sign Jason Spezza to a one year deal
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-sign-jason-spezza-nhl-free-agent-signings-toronto-maple-leafs-roster-leafs-news/
- Published: 2019-07-01T11:50:35.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-01T11:50:35.000Z
- Description: He comes home for what could be his last season.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Free Agents and Contracts, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

> .[@SportChek](https://twitter.com/SportChek?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Player Alert: The [@MapleLeafs](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have signed centre Jason Spezza to a one-year contract.  
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> Details >> [https://t.co/o0j3mlDTBs](https://t.co/o0j3mlDTBs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)[#LeafsForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/bSYzOpTDL4](https://t.co/bSYzOpTDL4?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) [July 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1145727798809702400?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The contract is confirmed as a one-year deal for $700,000.

> Interesting on Spezza signing in Toronto.... No Bonuses. Didn't want to put additional pressure on their cap issues. Came back home to play and win in Toronto. Believes it would be the ultimate experience.
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> — John Shannon (@JSportsnet) [July 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/JSportsnet/status/1145730268814331907?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

As free agency signings began to leak, Bob McKenzie dropped this just as Toronto Maple Leafs fans were sitting down to breakfast:

> Expect hometown boy Jason Spezza to sign a one-year contract with TOR today.
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> — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) [July 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1145672145340645383?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Jason Spezza, a long time top centre for the Ottawa Senators, will be leaving the Dallas Stars after five seasons to play for the Leafs, his childhood team, and possibly for[ league minimum](https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/1145674158409428993?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to boot.

While he’s not the superstar he once was while playing for big money contracts on the Senators and Stars, he’s about league average for a 3/4 centre, or so I’m told this chart shows:

Spezza has been a name thrown around for Leafs depth for a while, last spring Kevin Papetti wrote about how he could benefit the Leafs:

If the Leafs can get Spezza back to his pre ‘17-18 form, they would have themselves a terrific centre. Prior to this season, Speeza scored at a 5v5 points per 60 rate of at least 1.73 since ‘07-08 (as far back as I could go on Corsica), and this type of production would certainly make him overqualified as a third line centre.

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[Maple Leafs trade target: Jason Spezza](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-jason-spezza-dallas-stars-trade-target-joe-thornton-tyler-bozak-offseason/)

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He’s scored 27, 26, and 50 points in his previous three seasons - a big drop off from 2016-17 to 17-18 - but at 25ish points, that’s what we’d expect from a centre in his new position.

While he was a risk at $7.5 million, at 1/10th of that he can be an absolute steal.