Steven Lorentz has re-signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Lorentz and the Maple Leafs agreed to terms on a three-year contract with an average annual value (AAV) of $1.35 million per season.
The 29-year-old forward posted 19 points (8G, 11A) in 80 games with Toronto in 2024-25. Lorentz was a seventh-round (186th overall) draft selection by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Lorentz spent parts of six seasons in Canada’s junior hockey system. He played four games across two seasons for the Waterloo Siskins of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) before finally getting a jump at major junior. He would play four seasons for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) before finally making his professional debut in 2017-18.
His career path resembled a player who had to grind from the bottom to get to his NHL job now. He started with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL in 2017-18, but got some looks in the American Hockey League with the Charlotte Checkers that same season.
Continuing his work, Lorentz went on to win the Calder Cup with Charlotte in the 2019 AHL season. After one more season with Charlotte, Lorentz got his call to the NHL and never looked back.
He made his NHL debut in the 2020-21 season with the Carolina Hurricanes, a team he spent two seasons with before being traded to the San Jose Sharks in a trade including Brent Burns. Nearly a year later, Lorentz was on the move again after one season in San Jose. He was traded to Florida for Anthony Duclair and would be a part of Florida’s 2024 Stanley Cup Championship team.
Lorentz, who was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs in October of 2024 and tied his career high in points (19) and broke his career high in assists (11).
To date, he’s posted 62 points (29G, 33A) in 310 games played and has added eight points (2G, 6A) in 45 career playoff games.
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