{"id":89835,"date":"2020-10-23T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=89835"},"modified":"2020-10-23T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:56:20","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-re-sign-travis-dermott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/23\/toronto-maple-leafs-re-sign-travis-dermott\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Re-Sign Travis Dermott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have re-signed defenceman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dermotr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Dermott<\/a><\/strong>. The extension for one year with a cap hit of $874,125. The team announced the agreement Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd8b Putting pen to paper<\/p>\n<p>Travis Dermott has signed a one-year contract extension! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LeafsForever<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/II8XdVKlPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/II8XdVKlPb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mee7gwNCu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Mee7gwNCu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1319722778069815296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Maple Leafs Re-Sign Travis Dermott<\/h2>\n<p>Dermott was often a spare defender for the Leafs in 2019-20. The 23-year-old played in 56 games with four goals and 11 points while averaging 17:19 of ice time per night. He also contributed 76 hits and 58 blocks. Dermott&#8217;s underlying stats are interesting. He had a good Corsi For of 52.7 percent and started in the offensive zone 52.7 percent of the time. However, almost all of his playing time was at even-strength or on the penalty-kill. It&#8217;s almost as if the team didn&#8217;t know exactly how to deploy the young skater; it seems like his numbers point to someone who should have skated slightly more.<\/p>\n<p>The Leafs drafted Dermott in the second round of the 2015 Draft, but his debut came in 2017-18. That is the year where he scored one goal and 13 points in 37 games. Overall, he has just 157 games with nine goals and 41 points. That translates to a respectable .26 points per game for someone who seems buried on Toronto&#8217;s blue line at times. He has also seven goals and 42 points in 87 games with the team&#8217;s AHL affiliate.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Dermott will have to battle for a regular role in 2020-21. Toronto signed two defenders in the offseason in the form of <strong>TJ Brodie<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogosza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Bogosian<\/a><\/strong>. They will clog up a blue line and create more competition for the younger defenders. The logjam is even more considerable when you remember that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandira01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Sandin<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/liljeti01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timothy Liljegren<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rosenca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calle Rosen<\/a><\/strong> are all competing for regular spots as well. Dermott will need a strong training camp to secure a spot for opening night.<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Leafs are roughly $1 million over the salary cap ceiling after this deal, but there is plenty of time to get under that bar. A player or two will move to the AHL and drop to the lower salary structure. Toronto has been active this offseason but a few small moves may remain before the next season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OSO3iXfmQbJJKdeW91AlHA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1209298137\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OSO3iXfmQbJJKdeW91AlHA',sig:'QviKeci1klcbpUje-HxpswxMDseL_wpisKeuL-nfhAY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1209298137',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed defenceman Travis Dermott. The extension for one year with a cap hit of $874,125. The team announced the agreement Friday afternoon. \ud83d\udd8b Putting pen to paper Travis Dermott has signed a one-year contract extension! #LeafsForever Details: https:\/\/t.co\/II8XdVKlPb pic.twitter.com\/Mee7gwNCu1 &mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 23, 2020 Maple Leafs Re-Sign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":89840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[4547,34,4548,18],"tags":[72,2018],"class_list":["post-89835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-leafs","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-travis-dermott"],"modified_by":"Gabriel Foley","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89835","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\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}