Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Marlies Calder Cup Final lead is 2-0 with Game 3 in Toronto. Easton Cowan and William Villeneuve are making this run a Maple Leafs pipeline story worth watching.

Joe Pavelski as Maple Leafs head coach would be Chayka's boldest bet: a beloved ex-star with one season of under-16 coaching, handed Toronto's win-now roster.

The 2026 NHL Draft for the Maple Leafs runs June 26-27 in Buffalo. Toronto picks No. 1 overall, Gavin McKenna is the favourite, and the Leafs hold seven picks.

A Dougie Hamilton Maple Leafs trade is back in the rumour mill. He fits the blueline rebuild, but cap math and Rielly's no-move clause loom.

The Marlies lead the 2026 Calder Cup Final 2-0 after sweeping both games in Chicago. William Villeneuve broke the franchise postseason assists mark.

Mitch Marner's Stanley Cup Final ended in a 3-0 Game 6 loss as Carolina took the title. The ex-Leaf led playoff scoring, then went pointless.

A Morgan Rielly trade is heating up: the Sharks are the front-runner as the Oilers fit fades, with his West Coast preference pointing at San Jose.

Easton Cowan leads all AHL rookies with 13 points in 17 playoff games, giving the cap-strapped Maple Leafs a cheap, ready forward for next season.

Mitch Marner and Vegas face elimination in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, down 3-2 to Carolina. For Leafs fans, every shift is a reckoning with the trade.

The Maple Leafs head coach search is down to Woodcroft and Pavelski. Their shared San Jose history hints Chayka may hire both before the June 26 draft.

The Maple Leafs coaching search is down to about five candidates, with Chayka targeting a hire before the June 26 draft to fill the bench.

Maple Leafs free agency faces a thin UFA class. With $22M and a centre hole, Chayka should use cap room as trade currency, not overpay July 1.

Toronto won Game 1 of the Calder Cup Final 4-2 over Chicago, putting the Marlies three wins from their first title since 2018.

A $104 million cap for 2026-27 makes the Maple Leafs' big contracts look better by the day — and hands Chayka real spending room. The risk is overusing it.

Chayka wants a development-first Maple Leafs head coach, not another systems binder. His Pavelski interest and draft-day secrecy tell the whole story.

Darren Raddysh just set a Lightning scoring record, and the Maple Leafs are linked. But a six-year deal for a 30-year-old is a classic Toronto trap.

Edmonton reportedly offered Darnell Nurse to the Maple Leafs twice and was rejected. Now Nurse wants a trade — and the case for Toronto revisiting it is real.

Calle Järnkrok and the Maple Leafs look set to part ways as the veteran returns to Sweden. What his exit means for Toronto's bottom six and cap sheet.