Maple Leafs News & Analysis

At 35, John Tavares is the Maple Leafs' bargain second-line centre. His $4.389-million cap hit and flexibility quietly insulate Toronto for 2026-27.

A Connor McDavid Maple Leafs trade is fun to imagine, but his contract, Edmonton's Babcock hire and Toronto's cap crunch make 2026 impossible.

John Chayka says he doesn't anticipate a Morgan Rielly trade, calling him 'a big part of this.' Insiders aren't convinced the saga is over.

The Maple Leafs teased a James van Riemsdyk reunion with a 'Don't blink' clip. A return is fun, marginal, and only works at the league minimum.

Florida added a Tkachuk and Tampa signed John Carlson while the Maple Leafs retooled. A look at the reloaded Atlantic Division and Toronto's 84-game path.

The next look at the Maple Leafs prospects comes in September: a rookie tournament in Ottawa and games versus Montreal. The fall runway for McKenna and Cowan.

Opinion: Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs defence's depth and the crease this summer, but the top four is older and thinner. That is the unfinished job.

Emil Andrae is the Maple Leafs' most promising young defenceman on paper. The catch: three veteran left-shots block him, and only a trade opens the door.

The Morgan Rielly trade file added a name Friday: Nashville. Why the Predators fit the money but not the depth chart, and why Toronto is still stuck.

Maple Leafs training camp 2026 features real position battles: McKenna's push, Cowan's audition, a centre logjam and a cap crunch that squeezes someone out.

The NHL salary cap 2026-27 climbed to a record $104M with a $20.8M max. What the rising-cap era means for Toronto's books and Matthews' next deal.

The NHL offer sheet is a live tactic again after Carlsson's $18M match. What the new era means for the cap-strapped Maple Leafs and their young core.

Artur Akhtyamov's Calder Cup MVP run makes him Toronto's best goalie prospect in years — the Maple Leafs can't let Bobrovsky's deal stall his path.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 schedule opens Sept. 29 vs. Montreal — the games to circle, from Black Friday in Boston to Bobrovsky's return to Florida.

Auston Matthews' commitment to the Maple Leafs held as his reported mid-July deadline passed with no change — the payoff for Chayka's summer of buying.

Chris Tanev is healthy after core muscle surgery and set for a top-four role, handing the Maple Leafs back the shutdown anchor they missed last season.

A Dakota Joshua trade is Toronto's likeliest cap-clearing move: over the cap and heavy on left-shot wingers, the Maple Leafs can free room without touching the core.

The Maple Leafs prospects pool headlines The Athletic's top 100 with Gavin McKenna ranked No. 1 overall and Easton Cowan at No. 70.