Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Brody Pepoy went 169th overall to the Maple Leafs after going undrafted into the OHL. A hard-forechecking winger with one flagged number and an NCAA runway.

The Maple Leafs prospect pool ranks 15th, up nine spots. Gavin McKenna explains most of the jump — and what the rest of the system still lacks.

Ethan MacKenzie was passed over twice, then made Canada's world junior team. Now Toronto's 69th pick is a top-six Leafs prospect at North Dakota.

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

The Toronto Marlies 2026-27 season is a step back in the standings and a step forward for the pipeline. Inside Chayka's rebuilt AHL staff and what it means.

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 Gavin McKenna Calder Trophy chase starts in October. He put the playoffs first — and his Penn State numbers say what kind of rookie season to expect.

The Gavin McKenna ranking landed at No. 18 on The Athletic's under-23 list of 156 players. Why that number is not the demotion it looks like.

Maple Leafs draft rights lapsed on Hlacar, Mayes and Miller this summer under three different clocks. How the rules work, and why 2027 changes all of it.

The Gavin McKenna nine games rule decides the Leafs' fall. A tenth appearance burns the entry-level slide forever. The rule, the money, and what Toronto does.

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.

Two Maple Leafs prospects face opposite tests. Mans Gudmundsson gets an early SHL push at 18; Nick Moldenhauer's senior year at Michigan is a deadline.

Cooper Williams, the Maple Leafs' 158th pick in 2026, is headed to North Dakota — and his path shows how the CHL-to-NCAA rule rewired late-round drafting.

Maple Leafs prospect rankings are out. Behind Gavin McKenna and Easton Cowan sit the names that decide whether Toronto really has a pipeline.

Gavin McKenna put in roughly 17 hours of ice time a week with Macklin Celebrini this summer. Why the Maple Leafs should care more than fans realize.

Easton Cowan has a Memorial Cup and a Calder Cup in back-to-back seasons. What the Maple Leafs winger has to do in 2026-27 to complete the set.

Canada is 2-0 at the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and Landon DuPont looks like the 2027 first-overall pick — one the Maple Leafs will not be making.