Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Morgan Rielly trade market has cooled, and Toronto's refusal to pay a sweetener means the veteran could open the 2026-27 season with the Maple Leafs.

Opinion: The Sergei Bobrovsky Maple Leafs bet is Toronto's biggest swing factor — a 37-year-old goalie, a fragile backup and an 84-game grind.

A free agent is reportedly waiting on Maple Leafs cap space to open up. Here's why Toronto is over the cap and how Chayka clears the room.

The Maple Leafs second-line centre market vanished as Trocheck, Bourque and Kyrou were traded elsewhere, leaving Tavares and the kids to answer at 2C.

Jim Hiller and the Maple Leafs signals a defence-first turn. Here's what his 1-3-1 system changes for the stars, the power play and Toronto's scoring.

Martin Biron's Maple Leafs Atlantic Division prediction has Toronto second. For a team that finished 8th and is trading Rielly, that's a tier too rich.

A Morgan Rielly trade now has a market: a four-team Western list, with insiders calling it 'when, not if' — but Chayka won't eat salary to close it.

A Maple Leafs Trocheck trade is live again as John Chayka eyes the Rangers centre, but New York's Knies-level ask is the sticking point Toronto won't meet.

Ben Danford wants to make the Maple Leafs out of camp. With Toronto's right-shot blue line thin after the Carlo trade, he fills a genuine need.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 schedule drops this week: opening night July 15, the full 84-game slate July 16 at 1 p.m. ET. Here's what to watch.

William Nylander gets a clean slate with the Maple Leafs after a tense 2025-26. He still scored 30 goals — here's why keeping him is the right call.

The Maple Leafs plan to put Gavin McKenna on the power play's first unit right away — Toronto's fix for a 15th-ranked group under Daniel Alfredsson.

The Matthew Knies trade talk casts him as a sell-high asset. His $7.75M contract and Toronto's steep asking price say the Maple Leafs should hold, not deal.

The Maple Leafs' right-shot winger problem leaves Nylander as the lone right shot up front. Why it matters and why Bjorkstrand is the obvious fix.

Maple Leafs Stanley Cup odds sit at +6000 for 2026-27 — 19th in the NHL, behind five Atlantic teams. Why the market still doubts Toronto's retool.

Toronto projects roughly $2.75M over the $104M cap, yet the Maple Leafs salary cap 2026-27 crunch is easily solved with Domi's LTIR and depth demotions.

Chayka dismantling the Maple Leafs analytics department is a defensible long-term move made at a reckless moment, weeks before a cap-tight camp. Our take.

The Maple Leafs front office overhaul removed Wickenheiser, Metcalf and a dozen others as Chayka rebuilds Toronto's scouting, development and analytics departments.