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# Max Domi wants to 'absolutely' re-sign with the Maple Leafs
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Published May 06, 2024 • Last updated May 06, 2024 • 4 minute read
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Max Domi is a free agent and would love to return to the Leafs next
season. Photo by Matt Slocum /The Associated Press
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Max Domi wants back in.
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Headed for unrestricted free agency this summer, Domi's choice is to
re-sign with Toronto. He never made a secret of wearing the blue and
white and is wish is to keep that going.
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"I enjoyed every second of it," Domi said. "Didn't take it for
granted, that's for sure. Do I want to come back? Absolutely. I think
this team has everything it takes to do something special and I would
love to help them do that.
"There's nothing like playing in the NHL, other than playing for the
Maple Leafs. You can't beat it, especially growing up in Toronto. The
only way to surpass that would be to win here. I know I keep talking
about it. But that's really all we care about in this locker room, is
finding a way to win."
Domi signed a one-year, $3-million contract with Toronto last summer.
In the summer of 2022, he signed a similar deal with Chicago.
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After recording 47 points and a team-high 118 penalty minutes in 80
games during the regular season, Domi had four points in seven games
against the Boston Bruins in the Leafs' first-round loss.
How much would term be a priority for Domi this year?
"All that stuff is over my head," Domi said. "The playing side of it
is my part. Let my agent (Judd Moldaver) take it and see what
happens."
About those Bruins: Why couldn't the Leafs score more than 12 goals in
the seven-game series?
"You have to give a lot of credit to Boston," Domi said. "I know
everyone wants to talk about us, and of course we can all be better,
we know that.
"You have to tip your cap to them as a group. They're a good hockey
team, well-coached and they didn't give us much. They had us in bit of
a hole with being down 3-1. As a group, we showed a lot of character.
It would have been very easy just to accept that and not one guy did.
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"When you get to Game 7, especially in overtime, anything can happen.
We'd love to still be playing right now."
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**SILENT TREATMENT**
In what might have been one of his last days as Leafs coach, Sheldon
Keefe said he didn't hold exit meetings with players.
Read into that what you will.
"Each season is different and I've gone about it different ways,"
Keefe said. "A lot of times, I'll take the direction of the general
manager on how they want to handle it. In the past I've done it with
the general manager, I've done it separately, times I haven't done it.
"(General manager Brad Treliving) gave me the option to have meetings
with players. I elected to not have them.
"I went more with more casual interactions around the facility and
seeing guys off and opening the door for more meaningful conversations
in the offseason, which to me is really what it's about.
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"I spoke with the team after the game after the loss the other night
more than I have in any season in the past and let them know how I
felt about the team and about the group."
Keefe defended Mitch Marner, who has become a lightning rod for
criticism (rightfully so) after he had just three points in the
series.
"Mitch is an exceptional player and wants to win here in Toronto,"
Keefe said. "There are things that Mitch Marner does that don't show
up on the scoresheet that are really important to our team. Our entire
team needs to score more, needs to come through at key times. That's a
big part of it. My job as a coach is to help our entire team,
including Mitch, to come through with those moments."
Bottom line is Marner is paid to produce and make a difference. That
didn't happen.
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**KNIES DEVELOPMENT**
If you're looking for something Leafs-related to bring you a smile,
consider the progress made by winger Matthew Knies in his first full
National Hockey League season.
"I have confidence in that I played the full season in the NHL and got
to play with our best players," the 21-year-old said on Monday. "I
think I ended playing my best hockey. It gives me confidence in the
offseason and hopefully I can carry that over into training camp and
hopefully into next season."
We'd place a bet on that happening. Knies put his power in motion in
the series against the Bruins, using his 6-foot-3, 217-pound body to
his advantage in winning puck battles and creating space. His comfort
in playing in intensive Stanley Cup playoff hockey was clear, and
there's no reason why he can't be a force in the 2024-25 regular
season and beyond.
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Knies will soon be heading back to his off-season home in the Phoenix
area, and will probably work out at Mullett Arena, now the former home
of the Coyotes, before returning to Toronto later in the summer.
Losing to the Bruins will be forefront for a while.
"Upset that I'm not playing still," Knies said. "I wanted to just be
around the guys more, be around here. It's frustrating that I'm going
to watch those teams (among the final eight) get to keep playing and
be around each other."
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