{"id":484563,"date":"2026-07-01T15:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=484563"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:38:38","slug":"teddy-blueger-signs-fa-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/01\/teddy-blueger-signs-fa-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Sign Teddy Blueger To Two-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2025-26 NHL Free Agency period begins, the market is heating up. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/01\/colton-sissons-signs-2026\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have taken another centre off the free agent board, as <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bluegte01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-11_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teddy Blueger<\/a> signs a two-year contract worth $2.5 million per season. Previously, <span>Blueger signed a two-year deal with AAV of $1.8 million with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/21\/canucks-budget-rebuild\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> on June 26, 2024. Blueger only played 35 games this past season for Vancouver, recording nine goals and eight assists. Prior to playing in Vancouver, Blueger was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/17\/vegas-hires-ryan-craig\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> organization when they won the Stanley Cup in 2023. He also spent five seasons playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">2 x $2.5M <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0exRhwrbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/w0exRhwrbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2072387045696163882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Teddy Blueger Signs With Toronto On a Two-Year Contract<\/h2>\n<p>Blueger is a player who is proficient in face-offs and can be a solid third-line centre who can be on the penalty kill. He is a defensive forward who can be used in shut-down roles against the opposing top lines. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/05\/19\/vancouver-canucks-fire-adam-foote-head-coach-assistants\/\" target=\"_self\">Former Canucks Head Coach Adam Foote<\/a> had no shortage of praise for the Latvian forward, noting he would love to have him for a playoff run. Without Blueger on the penalty kill for the majority of this past season, the Canucks PK fell to last place in the NHL. With a change of scenery, Blueger can be a leader, as well as a role model of defensive responsibility.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does Blueger Bring to the Table?<\/h3>\n<p>Blueger has shown that he can be a positive locker room presence. People who can establish a positive culture and mentor young players will be indispensable, and Blueger is just one example of that kind of player. He has a strong work ethic along with Stanley Cup-winning experience, which can prove important in a mentorship role. As the Leafs also acquired Colton Sissons earlier today, they continue to bolster their bottom-six depth.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teddy Blueger on His Path to the NHL, the Olympics and Moving to the USA as a Teen | Canucks Podcast\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aD_FL6sgdc0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the offseason continues, so will our coverage here at\u00a0<em>Last Word on Hockey<\/em>. Happy free agent frenzy to you all!<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Bob Frid-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2025-26 NHL Free Agency period begins, the market is heating up. The Toronto Maple Leafs have taken another centre off the free agent board, as Teddy Blueger signs a two-year contract worth $2.5 million per season. Previously, Blueger signed a two-year deal with AAV of $1.8 million with the Vancouver Canucks on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5733,"featured_media":457966,"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":[26,4547,34,4548],"tags":[8278,2434],"class_list":["post-484563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-2026-nhl-trade-deadline","tag-teddy-blueger"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484563","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\/5733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484563"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493231,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484563\/revisions\/493231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}