Sergei Bobrovsky Signs 3-Year Deal With Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are signing goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The deal is a three-year contract worth $7 million per season.

I do believe the Sergei Bobrovsky to Toronto arrival is upon us

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2026

Bobrovsky is heading to Toronto. According to Elliotte Friedman, the two-time Vezina winner and two-time Stanley Cup champion is signing with the Maple Leafs, ending his run in Florida and giving Toronto a genuine championship-pedigree goaltender heading into next season.

The move comes together quickly once Florida’s path forward became clear. The Panthers traded for Jacob Markstrom from New Jersey earlier this week and had already added backup Akira Schmid from Vegas, effectively signaling they’d moved on from a Bobrovsky reunion despite his openness to staying if the term worked. With that door closed, Toronto emerged as the clear frontrunner, and insiders like Nick Kypreos had been saying for days that the deal was trending in the Maple Leafs’ direction.

Bobrovsky, who turns 38 in September, is coming off a seven-year, $70 million contract in Florida and had been seeking roughly six years and $42 million on his next deal. Toronto entered free agency with more than $20 million in cap space and the flexibility to meet him on both money and years. They signed Jack Roslovic earlier in the day.

It’s not clear how much term and money the Leafs are giving, but the early word is that it won’t be a team-friendly contract. Three years, by $7 million per season.

Does Bobrovsky Fit for the Maple Leafs?

Bobrovsky previously shared a crease with current Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz in Florida, which should ease the transition into a new tandem. He brings a résumé most goalies in the league can’t match — back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2024 and 2025, a career built on elite conditioning and lateral mobility.

He has a track record of elevating his game in the playoffs, even after a down statistical season in 2025-26 that came alongside broader struggles for the Panthers as a team.

For Toronto, this instantly becomes one of the most significant additions of the offseason — a goaltender with a legitimate case as one of the best of his generation, now anchoring a crease that’s carried real question marks in recent years. What they do with Dennis Hildeby will be intriguging to see.

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