David Kampf signed a one-year contract Saturday with the Vancouver Canucks just a day after his previous deal was terminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs .

Kampf, whose deal with the Canucks will carry a $1.1 million cap hit, began the season entering the third of a four-year contract with the Maple Leafs that was worth $2.4 million annually.

The Leafs waived Kampf before the season started, and he began the year with their AHL affiliate. Kampf played four games in the AHL before taking a voluntary leave of absence that wasn't sanctioned by the Leafs to evaluate his options.

Signing Kampf, who scored five goals and 13 points in 59 games last season, gives the Canucks a proven two-way center that has logged more than 110 short-handed minutes in seven straight seasons.

His arrival com

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