With William Nylander and, most recently, Auston Matthews’ contracts taken care of, it would appear the next task on Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas’ young core to-do list is locking up Kasperi Kapanen.

Like Mitchell Marner, who has said he’d like to do business after the season’s done, Kapanen is slated to be a restricted free agent at the end of this season but it looks like the ball could start rolling on a contract extension for him as early as next week.