Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign defenceman Jani Hakanpää (1 year, $1.47M) (official)

[banks]

Bert was the biggest joke signing in years. People hyped that guy up like he was some huge stud and "built for the playoffs" yet when I checked his playoff records he had 7 games, with Boston the year before when the blew a 3-0 lead to Florida with one of the biggest playoff chokes ever. His scoring was a joke he handled the puck like a grenade and it took Matthews and Domi bouncing pucks off him and giving him gimmees Happy Gilmore couldn't miss just to eek out 20g by the last few days of the season. Guy was an absolute plug and not worth 5mil

Agreed. Not many recent Maple Leafs players that I've liked less than Bertuzzi.

Back on the Hakanpaa topic, I like depth and size. So it can't really go wrong. If he's healthy for game 1, then the rest of this is just noise.

 

[TorMapleJays]

When does this very mean 6’7 defencemen make his punishing debut?

He’s going to charge up the ACC with this big hits.

 

[Maple Leaf]

When does this very mean 6’7 defencemen make his punishing debut?

He’s going to charge up the ACC with this big hits.

No word