Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Gavin McKenna dirt bike clip isn't a scandal, but it is Toronto's first off-ice risk call on a No. 1 pick. What the NHL contract actually says.

The NHL league minimum salary is $850,000 for 2026-27, up from $775,000, with $900,000 due in 2027-28. Why it quietly raised Maple Leafs cap hits.

The NHL salary cap 2027-28 projection of $113.5 million lifts the maximum player salary to $22.7 million, framing Auston Matthews' next Maple Leafs contract.

The Maple Leafs salary cap sits about $2.75M over the $104M ceiling. Here are the three levers Toronto can pull before the Sept. 28 compliance deadline.

Celebrini's NHL-record $18.8M AAV moved the ceiling for elite forwards. Here's what it means for Auston Matthews' next contract with the Maple Leafs.

Gavin McKenna's entry-level contract pays a $1.075M cap hit with $3.5M in annual bonuses. Here is why it powers Chayka's retool — and how it can backfire.

The remaining NHL free agents are down to Tarasenko, Laine and Bunting after Patrick Kane went back to Chicago. Toronto's cap sheet says wait until September.

The 2027 NHL free agent class added Jason Robertson to a group with Crosby, Makar, Kucherov and Quinn Hughes. For Toronto, it is a bill arriving early.

New CBA contract rules land September 16: shorter terms, no deferred salary, a 20 per cent variance cap, a 71 per cent floor. What it means for Toronto.

The new CBA drops maximum term to seven years for re-signings. What that structural edge means for the Auston Matthews extension and Toronto's 2027 negotiation.

Bedard's $15M pushed the NHL pay scale higher, reframing the Maple Leafs salary cap. Matthews and Nylander now look like value, not albatrosses.

The NHL salary cap 2026-27 climbed to a record $104M with a $20.8M max. What the rising-cap era means for Toronto's books and Matthews' next deal.

Auston Matthews' commitment to the Maple Leafs held as his reported mid-July deadline passed with no change — the payoff for Chayka's summer of buying.

The Gavin McKenna entry-level contract is official — a three-year, bonus-laden deal tying the No. 1 pick to Toronto as he surrenders No. 72 to Bobrovsky.

Matias Maccelli is a UFA after the Maple Leafs declined his roughly $4.11M qualifying offer. The cap logic behind letting a 39-point winger walk for free.

Troy Stecher is back in Toronto on a two-year, $2.7M deal. Why the Maple Leafs' $1.35M depth signing fits Chayka's cap-conscious offseason.