The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Friday that they have signed 2026 first overall pick Gavin McKenna to his entry-level contract.

His contract lasts through the 2028-29 campaign as a three-year deal. With that, McKenna will earn $1.075 million against the salary cap, according to puckpedia.com.

Furthermore, McKenna has the opportunity to earn up to an additional $3.5 million per season in performance bonuses, which could push his average annual value to $4.575 million. His bonuses do not count toward his cap hit.

The announcement of this contract comes after the second day of the Maple Leafs' development camp. This deal also comes exactly one week after he was selected first overall by Toronto on June 26.

The 18-year-old left winger completed his freshman year in the NCAA with Penn State University for the 2025-26 campaign. McKenna scored 15 goals and 51 points in 35 appearances at the college level.

He finished fourth in the league in points, averaging 1.46 points per game, which was the second-best rate in the NCAA this past year.

The Whitehorse, Yukon native also represented Team Canada at two World Junior Championships. In the 2026 tournament, McKenna scored six goals and 14 points in seven games.

Before that, McKenna dominated the WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers. In his final season with the Tigers, he recorded 41 goals and 88 assists for 129 points in 56 regular-season contests. He further scored 38 points in 16 WHL playoff games, pushing Medicine Hat to a league Championship and a trip to the 2025 Memorial Cup.

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