Maple Leafs Recall Miles Wood From AHL Marlies, First Time Since Blue Jackets Trade

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Friday that they recalled left winger Miles Wood from the AHL's Toronto Marlies.

Wood was acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets in the trade that involved Kirill Marchenko and Matthew Knies on the eve of the beginning of the NHL's 2026-27 regular season.

The 31-year-old didn't feature in an AHL contest since he was waived by the Blue Jackets on Sept. 26, neither with the Cleveland Monsters nor the Marlies.

He played 54 games for Columbus last season, scoring eight goals and 14 points while averaging 11:51 of ice time per game.

His role in the Maple Leafs lineup is still to be determined, but that will become clearer as the team has practice in Las Vegas later on Friday. The club also revealed that Wood will meet the team in Denver ahead of Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche.

But as for the type of player he is, Wood is a very gritty forward. He is designated for the fourth line and has great straight-line speed. He sits in the 97th percentile in max skating speed (38.16 kilometers per hour) and 35 kph-plus speed bursts (22) from last year.

Wood is also very physical and is a bit of a grinder and enforcer. In 567 games across parts of 11 years in his career, he's accumulated 576 penalty minutes.

He didn't rack up nearly as many with the Blue Jackets last year (26), but in his early years with the New Jersey Devils, Wood would register 80 to 90 penalty minutes.

In terms of scoring, his best campaign would also come early in his career with the Devils, who selected him 100th overall in the 2013 draft. In 2017-18, he scored 19 goals and 32 points in 76 games. Since then, he's never registered more than 27 points in a season.

In total, he's notched 99 goals and 196 points in the regular season.

Wood has three more years left on his six-year contract, earning $2.5 million against the salary cap.

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