Maple Leafs News & Analysis

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.

Unsigned RFAs Fantilli and Gauthier are holding league-wide cap space hostage. Toronto cannot shed salary until they sign, and camp is seven weeks away.

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.

Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2026 begins Aug. 3 in Edmonton. Landon DuPont headlines a 2027 class the Maple Leafs will scout with a conditional Colorado first in hand.

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.

Auston Matthews' rehab reached the shooting stage in Davos, the clearest sign yet that the Maple Leafs captain will be ready for training camp in September.

An NHL expansion draft would expose the Maple Leafs at goaltender. Artur Akhtyamov, the Calder Cup MVP, is the likeliest player Toronto loses for nothing.

The NHL neck guard mandate starts in 2026-27 for players with no NHL experience, so Gavin McKenna wears one from his first shift. Leafs veterans are exempt.

Canada fell 7-2 to the U.S. in Windsor, but the Tyler Hopkins world juniors push survived. His Guelph season now decides the Edmonton roster question.

The Gavin McKenna rookie tournament appearance is up in the air, delaying his Leafs debut. Why holding the No. 1 pick out of Gatineau is the right call.

The NHL salary cap floor sits at $76.9 million and about ten clubs must still spend to reach it — the leverage the cap-strapped Maple Leafs have waited for.

The World Junior Summer Showcase closes today in Windsor with Canada vs. the U.S. Tyler Hopkins is the Leafs' only entrant. What his audition actually decided.

The Toronto Marlies coaching staff is complete. Chris Bourque becomes assistant GM and head of college recruitment; Greg Moore returns to the Marlies bench.

The NHL signing bonus cap limits new deals to 60 per cent bonus money on September 16. Matthews' contract is 94 per cent bonus — Toronto's best tool is gone.

A Maple Leafs fast start is structural this year. Toronto plays 16 games before Nov. 1 in an 84-game season that opens Sept. 29 against Montreal.

Gavin McKenna's rookie season goals are a Calder Trophy and a playoff run. The Leafs' No. 1 pick spoke in Chicago about Matthews, Celebrini and pressure.

The Maple Leafs front office hires of Dan Palango, Brad Rossen and JP Perpich rebuild Toronto's scouting and analytics departments in John Chayka's image.