Leafs re-sign Kampf to 4-year pact with $2.4M AAV

The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing back David Kampf on a four-year contract that carries an average annual value of $2.4 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Kampf was a pending unrestricted free agent. The Czech center registered seven goals and 20 assists while playing all 82 games with Toronto in a bottom-six role this past season.

The 28-year-old played the last two campaigns with the Leafs after starting his career as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks for four seasons. He signed with Toronto as a free agent in July 2021.

Kampf isn't known for his offense, but he does contribute in other ways. The 6-foot-2, 197-pound pivot has won over 50% of his faceoffs in each of the last four seasons and in five of his six in the NHL. He averaged a career-high 15:18 of ice time in 2022-23.

The Maple Leafs had approximately $9 million in cap space before re-upping Kampf, with numerous other pending UFAs left to sign, including Ryan O'Reilly and Michael Bunting, according to CapFriendly.