Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs selected Gavin McKenna No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL Draft. Here's who Toronto got, what comes next, and why the pick matters.

The Maple Leafs trade Samuel Ersson to Ottawa for a 2027 fifth-round pick. Why Chayka moved him, what Toronto got back, and what it means for the goaltending.

Maple Leafs qualifying offers are due by 5 p.m. ET June 29. Here is what Chayka must decide on RFAs Nick Robertson and Matias Maccelli before July 1.

Maple Leafs trade rumours are heating up as Chayka 'closes in' on draft-weekend deals, with Rielly, Carlo, Robertson and even Stolarz all in play.

Maple Leafs draft day has arrived: Toronto picks No. 1 overall tonight in Buffalo and is set to take Gavin McKenna, its first top pick since Matthews in 2016.

Why the Maple Leafs and Sergei Bobrovsky keep getting linked: the Stolarz connection, the cap math, and the Ersson decision due June 29.

Maple Leafs free agency opens July 1 with about $27 million in space and a barren market. Why the trade route, not a July 1 splash, is Chayka's smarter play.

Gavin McKenna and the Maple Leafs become official June 26 in Buffalo as Toronto makes the No. 1 pick. The player, the numbers and the fit.

The Maple Leafs 2026 draft picks start with McKenna at No. 1, then thin out — a second at 60th, two thirds, and trade-acquired leftovers. The full board.

Auston Matthews has told John Chayka he's all in, per Pierre LeBrun, settling the summer's loudest Maple Leafs question: the captain is staying for 2026-27.

The Nick Robertson qualifying offer is the Maple Leafs' next call: tender $1.825M by late June, or lose him. And Robertson wants real term.

The Morgan Rielly trade market is active — he's handed Chayka a West-heavy list with San Jose and Anaheim on it, Vancouver off it, and draft week looming as the deadline.

Toronto signed Tinus Luc Koblar to a three-year entry-level contract. The 18-year-old centre will stay in the SHL with Rögle BK before coming over.

A Matthew Knies trade is 'not probable,' John Chayka said Friday. After Knies posted 66 points in 79 games, keeping Toronto's young winger is the correct call.

The Marlies won the 2026 Calder Cup, topping the Wolves 4-3 in Game 5. Akhtyamov took playoff MVP in Toronto's first AHL title since 2018.

The Maple Leafs agreed to a sign-and-trade for Darren Raddysh: eight years, north of $8M — Chayka's boldest blue-line bet yet.

The Toronto Marlies lead the Calder Cup Final 3-1 and can win their first AHL title since 2018 in Game 5 at home tonight.

The Maple Leafs hired Jim Hiller as head coach, John Chayka's surprise pick to replace Craig Berube. Strong regular season, a playoff question mark.