NHL Trade: Maple Leafs Trade Samuel Ersson
TRADE: We've acquired a fifth-round selection in the 2027 NHL Draft from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the rights to goaltender Samuel Ersson
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 26, 2026
No, this is not a trade that will change the course of the Leafs' future, but it is turning an asset that they had no use for into a bit of extra draft capital.
Ottawa now has Ersson's signing rights.
The former Philadelphia Flyers netminder certainly did not have a good season with the Flyers, ranking near the bottom of the league in most metrics. He was 59th in save percentage with an .870 mark.
But he had a couple of decent seasons prior to that, enough possibly that he could turn it around and be a passable backup for Linus Ullmark. That was one of the Senators' priorities this offseason.
More to come...
