Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs head team physician of 20 years is out. Inside Chayka's medical overhaul, the injury season behind it, and what it means for camp.

Patriks Plumins is leaving Latvia for the QMJHL's Chicoutimi Sagueneens. What Toronto's 2026 fourth-round goalie brings to a rebuilt pipeline.

Timofei Obvintsev signs a one-year AHL deal with the Marlies. The 2024 fifth-rounder finally comes to North America, into a crowded Leafs goalie depth chart.

The Cale Makar contract is the richest in NHL history at $20.4 million a season. Here is what the $20M deal costs the Maple Leafs' blue line and cap plan.

The new NHL LTIR cap limits relief to roughly $3.82M this season. Max Domi’s $3.75M hit clears it, keeping the Leafs’ compliance plan alive.

Connor Hellebuyck trade request goes public before camp. Why the Maple Leafs, over the cap with Bobrovsky and Stolarz, cannot be the buyer.

Todd Crocker is expected to be the next Maple Leafs radio voice, replacing Joe Bowen after 44 seasons. Jim Ralph stays. What the change actually means.

Auston Matthews skating in drills at Arizona State is the first footage since March knee surgery. What it proves, and what it does not.

The Andy O'Brien Maple Leafs hire quietly restructures how Toronto trains, feeds, rehabs and thinks. Four Cup rings, Sidney Crosby's trainer, and a Chayka partnership older than Chayka's GM job.

The Maple Leafs difference-maker trade Friedman flagged hasn't landed. Here's what Chayka has left to deal, and why the cap makes a blockbuster unlikely.

A Philippe Myers trade is the cleanest move left before camp: one year at $850,000, no path to minutes, and a front office reportedly willing to listen.

The Morgan Rielly trade talk is done for the summer. Speaking in Brampton, the Leafs defenceman said he expects to start his 14th season in Toronto.

Maple Leafs Remix Nights: nine Scotiabank Arena dates from Nov. 7 to Feb. 16, the Fanatics Hometown Remix program, and the beige jersey report behind it all.

Tinus Luc Koblar heads to Maple Leafs camp at the turn of the month, and Rögle's coach says he may not get him back. The rules, the stakes and the decision.

Joe Miller and the Maple Leafs parted ways at the Aug. 15 NCAA deadline. Why Toronto passed, where he landed, and what it says about Chayka's contract math.

Brad Marchand surgery has clouded Florida's start to 2026-27. What the Panthers lose, why the new playoff cap matters, and what it means for the Maple Leafs.

Maple Leafs key dates 2026-27: prospect games in Gatineau on September 12, preseason on September 19, opening night versus Montreal on September 29.

The Zach Werenski trade veto is settled: the Norris winner says he never asked out of Columbus, and Toronto's top-four defence hole stays open into camp.