Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Matthew Knies trade rumours got their firmest denial yet from Leafs AGM Ryan Hardy — and the Morgan Rielly answer was the more revealing one.

NHL salary arbitration hearings end August 1. That deadline is what has frozen the trade market all month — and why the Leafs' cap wait finally gets real.

The Brian Burke Hall of Fame induction lands Nov. 9 in Toronto. An honest accounting of a Maple Leafs tenure that failed and still shapes the roster.

The new NHL retained salary rules take effect Sept. 16 and kill double retention. What it means for the Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly.

An Alexander Nikishin Maple Leafs trade would fill Toronto's top-four hole. Six teams are in on Carolina's Cup-winning RFA — here's the real price.

The NHL playoff salary cap is now permanent, and the new CBA caps LTIR relief. What it means for the Maple Leafs, Max Domi and John Chayka's deadline plans.

Bruce Boudreau says the Maple Leafs' aging defence will miss the playoffs. The 84-game grind makes the concern real, but the diagnosis is only half right.

The Maple Leafs offseason drew harsh national reviews. The forward reshuffle was sound and McKenna a windfall — but the top-four defence hole earns the grade.

John Chayka says he doesn't anticipate a Morgan Rielly trade, calling him 'a big part of this.' Insiders aren't convinced the saga is over.

Opinion: Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs defence's depth and the crease this summer, but the top four is older and thinner. That is the unfinished job.

Emil Andrae is the Maple Leafs' most promising young defenceman on paper. The catch: three veteran left-shots block him, and only a trade opens the door.

The Morgan Rielly trade file added a name Friday: Nashville. Why the Predators fit the money but not the depth chart, and why Toronto is still stuck.

The Morgan Rielly trade market has cooled, and Toronto's refusal to pay a sweetener means the veteran could open the 2026-27 season with the Maple Leafs.

A free agent is reportedly waiting on Maple Leafs cap space to open up. Here's why Toronto is over the cap and how Chayka clears the room.

Martin Biron's Maple Leafs Atlantic Division prediction has Toronto second. For a team that finished 8th and is trading Rielly, that's a tier too rich.

A Morgan Rielly trade now has a market: a four-team Western list, with insiders calling it 'when, not if' — but Chayka won't eat salary to close it.

Opinion: The Morgan Rielly trade needn't happen this summer. Toronto should hold the line on retention and sell from strength — or wait for the deadline.

The Flyers' Leo Carlsson offer sheet ripples into the Maple Leafs' summer, shaping the Rielly standoff and Toronto's Giroux chase before the July 10 deadline.