Report: Vegas lands Marner on 8-year, $96M contract in sign-and-trade with Leafs

Mitch Marner is headed to the Vegas Golden Knights as part of a sign-and-trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

His new pact with the Golden Knights is reportedly an eight-year deal worth $12 million annually, and one of the top pending unrestricted free agents is now off the open market.

Marner's $12-million cap hit will tie him for the fifth-highest-paid player in the NHL next season, alongside Mikko Rantanen. Only Leon Draisaitl ($14 million), Auston Matthews ($13.25 million), Nathan MacKinnon ($12.6 million), and Connor McDavid ($12.5M) carry a higher cap hit in 2025-26.

Marner recorded a career-high 102 points in 81 games last season. He amassed 741 points in 657 contests - the fifth-most in Maple Leafs history - across nine campaigns in Toronto.

However, Marner routinely underperformed come playoff time, as did several of Toronto's core members. He's tallied 13 goals and 50 assists in 70 career postseason contests, and the Leafs never advanced beyond Round 2 during his tenure. Marner produced zero goals and two assists in seven career winner-take-all contests, which Toronto was winless in.

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