Maple Leafs sign Luke Haymes to two-year contract

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Monday that the club signed forward Luke Haymes to a two-year contract that begins at the start of 2025-26 season. He will join the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate, for the remainder for the 2024-25 season on an amateur tryout.

The 21-year-old Haymes scored 12 goals and six assists for 18 points in 22 games with Dartmouth College this past season. The Ottawa, Ont., native has 41 goals and 29 assists for 70 points in 83 career college hockey games.

The 6-foot-1 center made All-Ivy League First Team in 2023-24 and was an NCAA First All-Star Team.

Daily Faceoff hockey insider Frank Seravalli wrote this about Haymes in his column from last week on the NHL teams chasing the top undrafted NCAA free agents.

“A junior for the Big Green, Haymes attended development camp with the Toronto Maple Leafs last year, where he impressed observers with his scoring ability. The Ottawa native has really come out of nowhere to burst onto the scene. It’s been a tough year for Haymes, missing time due to injury, but Elite Prospects says he is producing at the college level like a Top 64-drafted prospect. He has poise and a nose for the net, racking up 39 goals over three collegiate seasons so far.”

The Maple Leafs are 42-25-3 with 87 points, second in the Atlantic Division with a plus-16 goal differential. The team is 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. The team hosts the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Forward Mitch Marner leads the team in points with 85 (22 goals and 63 assists), while William Nylander leads in goals with 38.