Overview
- Kämpf cleared unconditional waivers on Friday, finalizing the split and allowing him to sign with any NHL team.
- Reports identify Vancouver as a definite suitor, with Pittsburgh and Montreal also showing interest as he enters the market.
- Toronto clears a short‑term buried cap charge of about $1.25 million and will remove the full $2.4 million AAV from its books going forward.
- The move caps a weeks‑long impasse after Kämpf left the AHL Marlies following four games and was suspended without pay for failing to report.
- Elliotte Friedman reports Kämpf accepted forfeiting roughly $3 million to secure the exit, with earlier coverage noting a disputed signing‑bonus issue that had slowed the process.