Forward Alex Steeves signs a one-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Alex Steeves to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the team has announced.

The Leafs claim that the one-year agreement will be at the NHL league minimum, or $775k. PuckPedia reports that Steeves will earn $300,000 in the AHL. After leading the University of Notre Dame in scoring with 32 points in 29 games, Steeves signed with Toronto in 2021 as an NCAA free agent. That same year, Steeves made his NHL debut. He has played in the American Hockey League for the most of the last three seasons while in Toronto’s system.

The deal now leaves Nick Robertson as Toronto’s remaining unsigned restricted free agent. Robertson has requested a trade out of Toronto citing a lack of top ice time on a deep Leafs Forward group. No deal has currently been worked out to either re-sign Robertson or move on from the winger, trading off his RFA rights to a suitor.

Steeves, 24, had 27 goals, 30 assists & 57 points in 65 games played in the AHL for the Toronto Marlies, with a one-game stint with the Leafs in 2023-24. Steeves has played in seven career NHL games, recording an assist.