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.

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.

Inside the Maple Leafs 2026 draft class: 10 picks led by Gavin McKenna, a third round that looked like a second, and Chayka's clear puck-moving blueprint.

A full Gavin McKenna scouting report ahead of the 2026 NHL Draft — his elite playmaking, the physicality questions, the Marner comp, and how the No. 1 pick fits the Maple Leafs.