Maple Leafs cut ties with 49-point winger despite Mitch Marner departure

Billy Heyen

Maple Leafs cut ties with 49-point winger despite Mitch Marner departure image

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost Mitch Marner on Monday evening.

Around the same time, they opted not to extend a qualifying offer to Pontus Holmberg, so that's two wingers leaving Toronto.

Holmberg, with 49 points in three Maple Leafs seasons, is clearly not the same level as a star like Holmberg. But the Leafs could've kept him around.

Instead, he'll be an unrestricted free agent.

In 2024-25, Holmberg put up seven goals and 12 assists across 68 games.

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He's made a great career for himself as a sixth-round pick from 2018.

The 26-year old Swedish winger will now have to find a new home, though.

Someone out there will surely take a chance on Holmberg.

But he's no longer with the Maple Leafs.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle