Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs trade for Nick Paul lands a Mississauga-born centre on a $3.15M cap hit for three years, solving Toronto's long-standing third-line centre hole. Hildeby and two picks went to Tampa.

On July 1, Maple Leafs trade protection shifts: Stolarz's no-trade list grows to 16 teams and Raddysh's no-movement clause activates, tightening Chayka's hand.

Alex Tuch and the Maple Leafs won't happen: he signed an eight-year, $84M deal and was sign-and-traded to Washington. What it means for Toronto's July 1 plan.

The Brandon Carlo trade is done — Toronto dealt the defenceman to the Blues for two 2026 third-round picks and turned them into prospects the same weekend.

An opinion on John Chayka's Maple Leafs offseason — a disciplined reshaping of the roster's edges that keeps the core and trims everything around it.

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.

Maple Leafs trade rumours are heating up as Chayka 'closes in' on draft-weekend deals, with Rielly, Carlo, Robertson and even Stolarz all in play.

The Maple Leafs defence is overstocked after the Raddysh and Andrae adds — why Brandon Carlo's $3.4M deal makes him the cleanest piece to move.

Opinion: the Maple Leafs shouldn't trade William Nylander. He wants to stay, his $11.5M deal ages well, and he's the bridge to the McKenna era.

The Maple Leafs draft-floor trade scenarios — a Rielly deal, a cap dump, moving the 60th pick — are the real story in Buffalo even with McKenna locked in.

Auston Matthews has told John Chayka he's all in, per Pierre LeBrun, settling the summer's loudest Maple Leafs question: the captain is staying for 2026-27.

We grade John Chayka's Maple Leafs offseason before the draft: the Woll trade, the Raddysh overpay, the Hiller hire, the Knies stance and McKenna at No. 1.

The Morgan Rielly trade market is active — he's handed Chayka a West-heavy list with San Jose and Anaheim on it, Vancouver off it, and draft week looming as the deadline.

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.

A Matthew Knies trade is 'not probable,' John Chayka said Friday. After Knies posted 66 points in 79 games, keeping Toronto's young winger is the correct call.

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

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.