"For starters, the Maple Leafs have been adamant about placing other centers ahead of Kampf on their depth chart. Beyond Auston Matthews and John Tavares, Nic Roy, Max Domi, and Scott Laughton are all ahead of Kampf. Second, Kampf did his best to play his way out of the Leafs' lineup. While his defensive play is always good, his complete absence of scoring has made him highly undesirable for the Maple Leafs."
"The situation has gotten to the point where the Leafs buried Kampf in the AHL and can't find anyone to take him. Meanwhile, Kampf, as Elliotte Friedman noted in the latest Saturday Headlines segment, is frustrated and has taken time away to ponder his fate. But what was truly telling was that Friedman suggested that a contract termination could be the solution to the impasse."
David Kampf is at a roster deadlock with the Toronto Maple Leafs, entrenched behind Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Nic Roy, Max Domi and Scott Laughton on the center depth chart. Kampf's defensive play remains reliable, but a lack of scoring reduced his value and led to an AHL assignment. The Leafs have been unable to find a trade partner willing to absorb the remaining contract. Mutual contract termination has been raised as a possible way to free Kampf to pursue NHL opportunities elsewhere, mirroring past cases such as Conor Sheary and Brandon Saad.
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