{"id":135437,"date":"2023-02-09T21:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135437"},"modified":"2023-02-09T21:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:20:08","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-conor-timmins-signs-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/09\/toronto-maple-leafs-conor-timmins-signs-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Sign Defenceman to Two-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Main Photo by: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/timmico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor Timmins<\/a> has signed a two-year deal, worth $2.2 million for an AAV of $1.1 million with the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is a very underrated move by Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas. Dubas has found a valuable asset and rewarded him accordingly. The Timmins signing solidifies the Leafs backend for a push deep into spring hockey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd8a We\u2019ve signed defenceman Conor Timmins to a two-year contract extension<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1623751095943135234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Conor Timmins Signs Two-Year Deal with Leafs<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/toronto-maple-leafs-conor-timmins-arizona-coyotes-curtis-douglas-trade-1.1882799\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Since coming over from the Arizona Coyotes<\/a> in late November, Timmins has done a dandy job on the blue line. So far, he has racked up one goal, along with 11 assists for 12 points in 18 games for the Leafs. He has played 16:29 TOI over that span and a very nice 4.3 CF% Rel. Before coming to Toronto, he had only suited up in two games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Coyotes<\/a> this season. Furthermore, that was coming off last year, which only saw him appear in six games. That was when an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforhowling.com\/2021\/11\/3\/22761514\/defenseman-conor-timmins-to-miss-rest-of-season-with-knee-injury-arizona-coyotes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> injury requiring season-ending surgery<\/a> on his knee cost him the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>What This Means in Toronto<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Leafs defence has been battered this season. Besides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/giordma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Giordano<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hollju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Holl<\/a> who have each suited up for all 52 games, the Leafs defence has missed some time. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/muzzija01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Muzzin<\/a> has only played in four games before back problems derailed his season. Another player is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordie Benn<\/a>, along with injuries and inconsistent play has not been able to provide the Leafs with the support they required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The stability that Timmins \u00a0has been able to bring to the line-up has been welcomed and has been nothing short of invaluable. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/broditj01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.J. Brodie<\/a>, who has played in 30 games this year, seems to have found success playing alongside Timmins. When paired together they have a very respectable 60.5% xGoals% according to <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/lines.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moneypuck.com<\/a>. Another reason for the Leafs success this season has been the emergence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/liljeti01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timothy Liljegren<\/a>. Liljegren has been paired with many partners this year, but mostly with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandira01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-09_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Sandin<\/a>. Together, they also boast an ideal xGoals% at 60.9%. With the added depth and reliability that Timmins has shown, the Leafs can feel prepared for the playoffs in 2022-23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Photo by: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports Conor Timmins has signed a two-year deal, worth $2.2 million for an AAV of $1.1 million with the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is a very underrated move by Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas. Dubas has found a valuable asset and rewarded him accordingly. The Timmins signing solidifies the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":135445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4547,34,4548],"tags":[971,1696,5951],"class_list":["post-135437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leafs","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-conor-timmins","tag-kyle-dubas","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}