{"id":477372,"date":"2025-11-07T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=477372"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:29:56","slug":"maple-leafs-forward-suspended-after-failing-to-report-to-the-toronto-marlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/11\/07\/maple-leafs-forward-suspended-after-failing-to-report-to-the-toronto-marlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leaf Forward Suspended After Failing to Report to Marlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have suspended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kampfda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Kampf<\/a> after failing to report to the AHL&#8217;s Toronto Marlies. Kampf, who carries a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/28\/toronto-maple-leafs-have-re-signed-forward-david-kampf\/\" target=\"_self\">$1.25 million cap<\/a> hit through the 2026\u201327 season, had recorded one assist in four games with the Marlies before his absence. David Kampf&#8217;s contract has not affected the Maple Leafs&#8217; cap hit over the past five days since he took his leave of absence. His leave of absence will likely come with terminating Kampf&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Housekeeping (for cap purposes): <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LeafsForever<\/a> suspended forward David Kampf on Nov. 2 for failure to report to AHL Marlies. Toronto hasn&#39;t been carrying his $1.25m buried cap hit for five days now.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a resolution soon: Kampf can return, ask to terminate deal or be traded.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1986813810955407664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"956\"><strong data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"956\">Kampf\u2019s Career in Toronto<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1260\">Signed by the Maple Leafs in 2021 after four seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, K\u00e4mpf quickly earned a reputation as a reliable, defence-first centre. He became a key piece of Toronto\u2019s bottom six, anchoring the penalty kill and taking on tough defensive assignments against opposing top lines.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1603\">In his first two seasons with the Leafs (2021\u201323), K\u00e4mpf played all 82 games each year, posting 11 goals and 26 points in 2021\u201322, followed by <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/mapleleafs\/player\/david-kampf-8480144\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 goals and 27 points in 2022\u201323<\/a>. His ability to win faceoffs and suppress high-danger chances made him a trusted option for then head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/keefesh01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a> in late-game and shorthanded situations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"2086\">However, K\u00e4mpf\u2019s role diminished during the 2024\u201325 season as younger players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/holmbpo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pontus Holmberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dewarco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Dewar<\/a> earned more ice time in bottom-six and penalty-kill roles. K\u00e4mpf\u2019s production dipped, and his average ice time dropped below 11 minutes per game. By the end of the season, it became clear the Leafs were moving toward a faster, more aggressive forechecking style under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/berubcr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Berube<\/a>, which didn\u2019t fully suit K\u00e4mpf\u2019s more positional, conservative approach.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2837\" data-end=\"2866\"><strong data-start=\"2841\" data-end=\"2866\">What\u2019s Next for K\u00e4mpf<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2868\" data-end=\"3255\">At 29 years old and under contract for two more seasons, K\u00e4mpf\u2019s future with the Maple Leafs organization is uncertain. Toronto will seek to mutually terminate the contract if the situation remains unresolved or attempt to trade his rights to another NHL team willing to take on the remaining salary. However, his lack of offensive upside and recent absence may make that difficult.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3257\" data-end=\"3482\">If K\u00e4mpf and the Leafs part ways, he could explore options overseas, including in Sweden\u2019s SHL or Switzerland\u2019s National League, where his responsible two-way game and penalty-killing skill set would be highly valued.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3257\" data-end=\"3482\">Main Photo Credit: Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have suspended David Kampf after failing to report to the AHL&#8217;s Toronto Marlies. Kampf, who carries a $1.25 million cap hit through the 2026\u201327 season, had recorded one assist in four games with the Marlies before his absence. David Kampf&#8217;s contract has not affected the Maple Leafs&#8217; cap hit over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5672,"featured_media":466841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[1578,508],"class_list":["post-477372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leafs","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-david-kampf","tag-toronto-marlies"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477372","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\/5672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477372"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477377,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477372\/revisions\/477377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}