# Kawhi Comes Home and NHL Free Agency Looms ft. Esfandiar Baraheni, Irfaan Gaffar, and Jay Rosehill

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Podcast: [Off The Roster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-the-roster-7597423)
Published: 2026-07-01T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The biggest day of the NHL offseason is here, but the Toronto Raptors have already stolen headlines. Dan Riccio and Cabbie Richards kick things off with The Athletic's Esfandiar Baraheni to break down the stunning blockbuster that brings Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto, who won the deal between the Clippers and Raptors, how does Kawhi fit with the 2026 roster and what the deal means for the Raptors' championship hopes. Then, with NHL Free Agency officially underway, Irfaan Gaffar +Jay Rosehill join the show to unpack a potential Zach Werenski trade to Toronto from Columbus, Matthew Knies' future with the Leafs, Sergei Bobrovsky's potential acquisition by Toronto, is anyone untouchable in Vancouver and the league-wide free agency picture. Big names like Jason Robertson, Dylan Larkin are floating around in the rumour mill. This is one of the busiest days on the sports calendar as Off the Roster covers all the breaking news from Toronto and around the hockey world. 1:00 Intro + Toronto is SO back 4:00 Zack Phillips’ promise if Zach Werenski is traded to Toronto 6:00 Kawhi Leonard is BACK in Toronto 9:00 Did Drake predict Kawhi’s return? 10:30 The Athletic’s Es Baraheni is here! 13:00 Who won the Kawhi Leonard trade? 16:00 How does Kawhi fit with the 2026 Raptors? 19:00 Are the Raptors contenders in the Eastern Conference? 27:00 Raptors will be a menace defensively 28:30 Brandon Ingram’s Toronto Raptors chapter 32:00 Zach Werenski is interested in Toronto and Tampa Bay 34:40 Will be Matthew Knies be traded? 38:50 Columbus’ losing culture 41:00 Daiy Faceoff’s Irfaan Gaffar is here! 42:50 Tampa’s potential offer for Zach Werenski 45:00 Kirill Marchenko to Montreal rumours 49:20 Could Vancouver continue to be “sellers”? 51:45 Jason Robertson update 52:45 Sergei Bobrovsky’s futu…

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