Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The new NHL retained salary rules take effect Sept. 16 and kill double retention. What it means for the Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly.

An Alexander Nikishin Maple Leafs trade would fill Toronto's top-four hole. Six teams are in on Carolina's Cup-winning RFA — here's the real price.

The new CBA drops maximum term to seven years for re-signings. What that structural edge means for the Auston Matthews extension and Toronto's 2027 negotiation.

The Dylan Larkin trade request is stuck on a three-team list with Detroit's GM job vacant. Why the Red Wings' holding pattern is good news for the Maple Leafs.

Jason Robertson's one-year, $12-million deal sets up the biggest UFA date of 2027. What Jason Robertson free agency means for the Maple Leafs and Matthews.

Patrik Laine is unsigned and down to tryout offers. At a projected $1-2.5 million, the Patrik Laine Maple Leafs bet is nearly free — Toronto should take it.

The NHL playoff salary cap is now permanent, and the new CBA caps LTIR relief. What it means for the Maple Leafs, Max Domi and John Chayka's deadline plans.

The Matthews-Nylander line dominated when Toronto used it. With Gavin McKenna available for Tavares, Jim Hiller has no good reason left to keep them apart.

Maple Leafs prospect Tyler Hopkins earns a Canada Summer Showcase invite after 50 points in 56 games. What his OHL trade and two-way game mean for Toronto.

Jack Campbell retires at 34. His true Maple Leafs record, the Oilers deal that ended his career, and why Toronto's crease still carries the lesson.

The Darren Raddysh contract is the Maple Leafs' boldest blue-line bet: eight years, $68M for a right-shot power-play quarterback. A gamble with a long tail.

The Maple Leafs preseason schedule is set — split-squads vs. Montreal (Sept. 19) and Ottawa (Sept. 23), tickets on sale July 23. Here's what matters.

Bruce Boudreau says the Maple Leafs' aging defence will miss the playoffs. The 84-game grind makes the concern real, but the diagnosis is only half right.

Maple Leafs goaltending in 2026-27 is a Bobrovsky–Stolarz tandem built on one big bet: the contracts, the Woll trade, and the age risk.

Eeli Tolvanen and the Maple Leafs remain linked. The cap math that could clear room for a 20-goal winger — and why Detroit leads the race.

Bedard's $15M pushed the NHL pay scale higher, reframing the Maple Leafs salary cap. Matthews and Nylander now look like value, not albatrosses.

The Maple Leafs offseason drew harsh national reviews. The forward reshuffle was sound and McKenna a windfall — but the top-four defence hole earns the grade.

Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs bottom six with penalty-killing, defensively responsible depth — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — to free the top six for offence.