Off-Season Countdown: Could Leafs let top UFAs walk?

Ahead of the NHL Draft on July 7 and the opening of free agency on July 13, TSN.ca keeps you up to date with all the latest rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat.

With three weeks remaining before the free agent market opens, the Toronto Maple Leafs have yet to extend offers to pending UFAs Jack Campbell and Ilya Mikheyev, TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston reports.

Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan discuss which goalie they rather sign to a $5 million a year contract this summer.

The cap-strapped Maple Leafs have a projected $7.84 million in space this summer, per CapFriendly, 17 players under contract for next season. Goaltenders Petr Mrazek and Erik Kallgren are under contract for 2022-23, though the duo combined to play in just 34 games to Campbell's 49 last season.

"What stands out to me is that the Leafs seemingly haven’t reached out to make an offer yet," Johnston said of talks with Campbell and Mikheyev. "There’s ongoing dialogue and they’ve had discussions with the camps of those guys but no numbers exchanged, no real negotiation and this starts to feel like some guys we’ve seen walk out the door in the past when you look at Zach Hyman and Frederik Andersen in recent years.

"Keep in mind Mikheyev is looking to get $4-to-5 million on the open market and Campbell could even go north of that depending on where the goalie market goes on the 13th."

Campbell, 30, posted a 31-9-6 record with a .914 save percentage and a 2.64 goals-against average this season - his first playing in more than 31 games. He started all seven playoff games for the team against the Tampa Bay Lightning, posting an .897 save percentage and a 3.15 GAA. He is coming off a two-year, $3.3 million contract signed with the Los