Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs two-year window is written into the cap sheet and the traded first-round picks. Here is what Chayka can still do before camp.

The Chayka Maple Leafs offseason has one through-line: import players from winning organizations. Here is what Toronto paid, and where the theory breaks down.

Gavin McKenna's No. 92 is real — the phone call to Jeff O'Neill was invented. A month-long viral fabrication says a lot about Toronto's rumour mill.

Anthony Stolarz went from a league-leading .926 to .893 in one year. With Bobrovsky at $7 million behind him, he has the most to prove on the Maple Leafs.

Toronto's toughest contracts total roughly $15 million for a fourth-line centre, a fourth-line winger and a 32-year-old defenceman. That is the whole margin.

The Oliver Ekman-Larsson trade case is about cap flexibility, not performance. Inside the $3.5-million contract, the 16-team no-trade clause and a thin market.

Jack Roslovic is the Maple Leafs' cheapest answer to an unsolved top six. At $4 million with 21 goals last season, he belongs on Auston Matthews' wing.

An Erik Karlsson Maple Leafs trade got floated on a podcast and spread fast. Toronto is $2.75M over the cap and needs defending, not more offence.

Maple Leafs playoff odds for 2026-27 sit near a coin flip despite Chayka's roster overhaul. What the models see, where they're wrong, and the real bar.

The Alexander Nikishin trade market has three real bidders and the Maple Leafs aren't one. Why Toronto can't win this race, and shouldn't try.

Mike Babcock's Oilers hire got a public endorsement from Draisaitl and McDavid in Toronto. Two contenders, two coaching resets, two different diagnoses.

The Maple Leafs prospects who won a Calder Cup have nowhere to go. Chayka's five bottom-six additions fixed a real problem and created a quieter one.

A Kirill Marchenko trade is the loudest rumour of the NHL summer, and Columbus beat writers have already knocked it down. Why the Leafs should still call.

The Brian Burke Hall of Fame induction lands Nov. 9 in Toronto. An honest accounting of a Maple Leafs tenure that failed and still shapes the roster.

The Maple Leafs fourth line is deeper than it has been in years. With Lorentz and Joshua waiver-bound, someone good sits. Keep the cheaper one.

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 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.

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.