Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Easton Cowan and the Maple Leafs: the 21-year-old has a full-time NHL job in 2026-27 and a top-six audition ahead after his Calder Cup championship run.

Auston Matthews' knee injury is behind him after March MCL surgery — why a full offseason and a reshaped roster set up a bounce-back season for Toronto.

The Flyers have entered the Morgan Rielly trade market, but his no-movement clause and Philadelphia's retention ask stand between Toronto and a deal.

The Morgan Rielly trade market shrank as San Jose bowed out for Trouba and Nurse, leaving Toronto a thinner field and less leverage.

The Max Domi injury leaves the Leafs forward out indefinitely after back surgery complications. LTIR would free about $3.75M against a tight salary cap.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 roster is taking shape: deeper forwards, a rebuilt Bobrovsky crease, a cap crunch and one unfilled top-pairing defence hole for Chayka.

Opinion: A Matthew Knies trade for Zach Werenski would have cost too much. Losing the Werenski race saved Toronto from a franchise-altering mistake.

The Zach Werenski Maple Leafs trade is dead: Columbus kept its Norris winner, Toronto's Knies-and-Danford offer fell short, and the top-pairing hole remains.

Opinion: Gavin McKenna belongs on the Maple Leafs roster now — alongside Matthews. The case for keeping the No. 1 pick, the argument for patience, and why patience loses.

The Morgan Rielly trade has a timeline. Toronto is targeting Western teams and reportedly lining up Mario Ferraro as a cheaper left-shot replacement to clear cap space.

After the free agency spree, Maple Leafs cap space is gone and Toronto sits over the limit. Why a Rielly or Knies trade is now mandatory to fix a bottom-heavy roster.

An opinion grading the Maple Leafs free agency reshape — Chayka's disciplined July 1 of five signings and two trades earns an A-minus for solving the right problems without a panic overpay.

Toronto's July 1 Maple Leafs free agency signings — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — cost about $10.75M in cap and remade the forward group with centre depth, speed and a right-shot punch.

The Maple Leafs trade for Nick Paul lands a Mississauga-born centre on a $3.15M cap hit for three years, solving Toronto's long-standing third-line centre hole. Hildeby and two picks went to Tampa.

The Sergei Bobrovsky Maple Leafs deal is official — three years, $21 million for a two-time Cup champion, reuniting him with Anthony Stolarz and resetting Toronto's crease.

Alex Tuch got $10.5M, Pavel Dorofeyev $11M, and Bobrovsky wants seven years. Maple Leafs free agency in 2026 calls for discipline — and Chayka is right to hold.

The Panthers landed Jacob Markstrom, pushing Sergei Bobrovsky toward the Maple Leafs' thin crease. Inside Toronto's goaltending decision and the risk.

On July 1, Maple Leafs trade protection shifts: Stolarz's no-trade list grows to 16 teams and Raddysh's no-movement clause activates, tightening Chayka's hand.