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Pierre Engvall has signed a one-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Pierre Engvall to a one-year contract extension.

The average annual value is $2.25 million.

Engvall, 26, recorded 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 78 games with the Maple Leafs last season while collecting three assists in seven games during the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Swede recorded 62 points (30 goals, 32 assists) in 168 regular-season games with Toronto and added four assists in 17 career playoff appearances.

Engvall previously spent three seasons with the Toronto Marlies (2017-20), where he scored 56 points (30 goals, 26 assists) in 94 AHL regular season games, plus another 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 34 playoff games in your career games.

Engvall, who was selected by Toronto in the seventh round, 188th overall, in the 2014 NH draft, won the 2018 Calder Cup with the Marlies.