KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - MAY 23: Mikko Lehtonen #4 of Finland controls the puck during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia quarter final game between Finland and Sweden at Steel Arena on May 23, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia. (Photo by Lukasz Laskowski/PressFocus/MB Media/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Mikko Lehtonen to one-year deal in the the first part of the off-season.
Mikko Lehtonen was one of (perhaps THE) most sought after KHL free-agents to come to North America since Artemi Panarin, and the Toronto Maple Leafs emerged victorious from a pool that included almost every other NHL team and were able to sign the potential superstar.