The Toronto Maple Leafs have added forward Jack Roslovic on a two-year contract worth $8 million, with an average annual value of $4 million, according to Elliotte Friedman.
Roslovic arrives in Toronto after a long NHL journey that started with his selection 25th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the one that featured Connor McDavid and a deep crop of talent still shaping the league today. He spent a season at Miami University (Ohio), then played in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose before getting his first NHL look with the Winnipeg Jets late in the 2016-17 season.
His path didn’t stay linear for long. Roslovic went back to the AHL to open 2017-18, put up 35 points in 32 games, and then settled into a full-time NHL role with Winnipeg for the second half of that year. He spent two more seasons with the Jets before landing with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the trade that sent Patrik Laine to Columbus and Pierre-Luc Dubois to Winnipeg.
After three seasons in Columbus, Roslovic was moved again, this time to the New York Rangers during the middle of his fourth year with the Blue Jackets. From there, he kept moving with the market, signing one-year deals with the Carolina Hurricanes and then the Edmonton Oilers last season.
At 29, Roslovic is coming off back-to-back 20-goal seasons, something he had only done once before, in 2021-22. He matched his career high of 22 goals last season.
The assist totals haven’t fully captured his playmaking, either. He had 32 assists over the last two seasons, but he ranked well above the league average in chance assists and high-danger chance assists per 60 minutes last season, according to Player Cards from All Three Zones on June 29, 2026.
There’s more to his game than the box score suggests. Roslovic’s career-high 45 points in 2021-22 may not look huge for a player with his skill, and last season’s usage helps explain why. He often started plays in transition instead of finishing them.
In 2025-26, he was among the league leaders in retrievals leading to exits, exits with possession per 60 and exit-off-retrieval percentage. He also stands out for his ability to skate through the neutral zone and carry control into the offensive zone, where he can distribute from the middle.
For Toronto, the appeal is pretty clear. Roslovic isn’t a heavy-minute player, but he tends to produce wherever he’s slotted.
He isn’t mainly a center, though he can handle faceoffs as a secondary option. More than anything, he gives a lineup useful flexibility and can fit beside different types of teammates without needing to be the focal point.
That kind of profile should fit what the Maple Leafs are trying to do as they reshape the roster for another push toward Stanley Cup contention. Roslovic gives them middle-six depth, another puck handler, and offense beyond the star names. At $4 million a year, it looks like a sharp addition.
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