Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Mason Marchment Maple Leafs reunion is real before July 1 — Toronto is chasing the winger it traded away in 2020. The fit, the cost, and the risk.

Maple Leafs free agency 2026 opens July 1 with Chayka's stated approach — aggressive but disciplined, depth-first, and unwilling to overpay in a thin market.

The Maple Leafs offseason to-do list now that the draft is over: qualifying offers, the Rielly trade, goaltending depth, centre help and the McKenna signing.

Maple Leafs qualifying offers are due by 5 p.m. ET June 29. Here is what Chayka must decide on RFAs Nick Robertson and Matias Maccelli before July 1.

Why the Maple Leafs and Sergei Bobrovsky keep getting linked: the Stolarz connection, the cap math, and the Ersson decision due June 29.

Maple Leafs free agency opens July 1 with about $27 million in space and a barren market. Why the trade route, not a July 1 splash, is Chayka's smarter play.

The Matias Maccelli decision is a quiet Maple Leafs RFA problem — arbitration rights, a $3.425M base, and a qualifying-offer call due before July 1.

The Nick Robertson qualifying offer is the Maple Leafs' next call: tender $1.825M by late June, or lose him. And Robertson wants real term.

Boone Jenner is the best UFA centre available, but in a bone-dry market the Maple Leafs centre target search may push Chayka toward a McTavish or Wright trade instead.

Maple Leafs cap space is about $18.8M after Raddysh. Enough for one addition, but the centre need and a looming Knies raise tighten the math.

The Maple Leafs agreed to a sign-and-trade for Darren Raddysh: eight years, north of $8M — Chayka's boldest blue-line bet yet.

Your guide to the Maple Leafs offseason schedule: the buyout window, the June 26-27 draft in Buffalo, RFA qualifying offers, arbitration, and July 1 free agency.

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.

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.

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.

Alex Tuch and the Maple Leafs are a logical fit. With $22M in space and a Marner-sized hole, here's why Toronto should chase the power forward on July 1.

Maple Leafs free agency 2026: $22M in space, a $104M cap, and Chayka's 'functional grit' plan. The needs, the names, and why patience wins.

The Leafs blueline rebuild comes down to mobility. With Matthews and Nylander asking for puck-movers and $22M to spend, here's how Chayka reshapes the defence.