Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The NHL emergency backup goalie rule is rewritten for 2026-27. What it requires, who qualifies, and why the Maple Leafs need it more than most.

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.

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.

Jack Campbell retires at 34. His true Maple Leafs record, the Oilers deal that ended his career, and why Toronto's crease still carries the lesson.

Maple Leafs goaltending in 2026-27 is a Bobrovsky–Stolarz tandem built on one big bet: the contracts, the Woll trade, and the age risk.

Artur Akhtyamov's Calder Cup MVP run makes him Toronto's best goalie prospect in years — the Maple Leafs can't let Bobrovsky's deal stall his path.

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.

The 84-game NHL season — hockey's first expansion since 1994 — gives the Maple Leafs two extra divisional games and a grind that tests the crease and rewards depth.

The Maple Leafs Connor Hellebuyck trade was the summer's biggest what-if — and between the Bobrovsky signing and his no-move clause, it was never realistic.

The Sergei Bobrovsky Maple Leafs deal is official — three years, $21 million for a two-time Cup champion, reuniting him with Anthony Stolarz and resetting Toronto's crease.

The Panthers landed Jacob Markstrom, pushing Sergei Bobrovsky toward the Maple Leafs' thin crease. Inside Toronto's goaltending decision and the risk.

Maple Leafs goaltending depth got thin after trading Woll and Ersson. Stolarz starts, but Hildeby is unproven and Akhtyamov is a rookie.

The Maple Leafs trade Samuel Ersson to Ottawa for a 2027 fifth-round pick. Why Chayka moved him, what Toronto got back, and what it means for the goaltending.

Opinion: An Anthony Stolarz trade only makes sense as a real upgrade. At a $3.75M cap hit, dealing him for a lateral goalie would be a Maple Leafs mistake.

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 goaltending is suddenly crowded. Anthony Stolarz starts, but Ersson, Hildeby and Akhtyamov all chase one job behind him in 2026-27.

A closer look at Sam Ersson and Emil Andrae, the goaltender and puck-moving defenceman the Maple Leafs acquired from Philadelphia in the Joseph Woll trade.

The Maple Leafs trade Joseph Woll to Philadelphia for Sam Ersson and Emil Andrae — John Chayka's first major move as GM and a statement of intent.