Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs contract limit sits at 49 of 50. With paper transactions banned and Toronto $2.75M over the cap, the last slot is the whole cupboard.

The Chayka Maple Leafs offseason has one through-line: import players from winning organizations. Here is what Toronto paid, and where the theory breaks down.

Semyon Der-Arguchintsev wants back with the Maple Leafs, but his lost waiver exemption means Toronto cannot sign him and quietly stash him with the Marlies.

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.

The Maple Leafs fourth line is deeper than it has been in years. With Lorentz and Joshua waiver-bound, someone good sits. Keep the cheaper one.

Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs bottom six with penalty-killing, defensively responsible depth — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — to free the top six for offence.

At 35, John Tavares is the Maple Leafs' bargain second-line centre. His $4.389-million cap hit and flexibility quietly insulate Toronto for 2026-27.

Maple Leafs training camp 2026 features real position battles: McKenna's push, Cowan's audition, a centre logjam and a cap crunch that squeezes someone out.

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 Maple Leafs' right-shot winger problem leaves Nylander as the lone right shot up front. Why it matters and why Bjorkstrand is the obvious fix.

A full look at the Maple Leafs projected lineup for 2026-27 — lines, defence pairings and the Bobrovsky-Stolarz goaltending tandem Chayka built this summer.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 roster is taking shape: deeper forwards, a rebuilt Bobrovsky crease, a cap crunch and one unfilled top-pairing defence hole for Chayka.

Calle Järnkrok and the Maple Leafs look set to part ways as the veteran returns to Sweden. What his exit means for Toronto's bottom six and cap sheet.