The Toronto Maple Leafs announced the re-signing of winger Alex Nylander to a one-year AHL contract, along with forwards Brandon Baddock and Luke Grainger to one-year AHL deals on Monday. The younger brother of the Leafs leading scorer, William, finished second behind Alex Steeves on the Toronto Marlies in goal scoring last season with 23 goals.
The 27-year-old scored 44 points in 64 AHL games last season and, after signing an NHL contract, appeared in five games with the Maple Leafs. Nylander was a first-round pick (8th overall) of the Buffalo Sabres in 2016 (the same draft as Auston Matthews). In 126 career games with the Sabres, Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Toronto has 49 points (25 goals, 24 assists).
Baddock is a 30-year-old AHL journeyman who played seven games with the Marlies last season after being acquired from the Rockford IceHogs. The 6’3”, 223-pound forward has played 431 career regular-season AHL games over eight seasons.
Grainger, 25, split time between the AHL San Jose Barracuda and ECHL Wichita last season and played two AHL games in 2024 after playing four years at Western Michigan University. The 5’10”, 181-pound forward had 103 points (38 goals, 65 assists) in 140 NCAA games, where he was a Hobey Baker Award nominee in his senior season after scoring 48 points in 38 games.
