Maple Leafs Among Teams Interested In Radko Gudas
👀 Per sources, I’m told @AnaheimDucks Captain D Gudas is gaining interest in the marketplace. If him & Ducks can’t get a deal done, @FlaPanthers @MapleLeafs are among potential fits.He’s physical, experienced,
— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 19, 2026
playoff tested, on a 2-3Yr term between 3.5M-4M+AAV #HockeyX pic.twitter.com/llbpdidQNa
Insider Kevin Weekes is reporting that the Anaheim Ducks captain is "gaining interest in the marketplace," and the Leafs and Florida Panthers are among the potential fits for the rugged (often labeled 'dirty') D-man. Weekes suggests that a two-to-three-year contract at somewhere between $3.5M - $4M AAV could get a deal done for the 5-time suspended Gudas.
Of course, what makes this a rather insane proposition is the fact that Gudas ended Leafs captain Auston Matthews' season back in March with a dirty and deliberate knee-on-knee hit that landed the Ducks' dastardly defender a five-game suspension.
What elevated the whole incident to another degree of insanity was the fact that no Leafs player took any umbrage with Gudas after the hit, or even approached him at all.
To be fair, Gudas did say days later that he "felt terrible" about Matthews' season-ending injury, and insisted on 'taking his medicine' against Toronto in a rematch a few weeks later, despite having an injured ankle and being in a walking boot days before the game. Max Domi got a measure of revenge by pounding Gudas into the ice right after puck drop.
