Maple Leafs News & Analysis

An Erik Karlsson Maple Leafs trade was floated on 32 Thoughts as a 2026-27 prediction. The $11.5M cap hit and Toronto's $25M blue line say otherwise.

Nick Paul Maple Leafs coverage has been mild for a $3.15M third-line centre from Mississauga. He is exactly the position Chayka needed to fill, and the trade cost was fair.

An Easton Cowan trade would be the obvious way to fund a Leafs difference-maker. It also converts Toronto last cheap production into big salary.

The Maple Leafs difference-maker trade Friedman flagged hasn't landed. Here's what Chayka has left to deal, and why the cap makes a blockbuster unlikely.

Pavel Buchnevich trade talk is back. His $8 million cap hit runs through 2030-31 with full trade protection, and the Maple Leafs should stay well out of it.

A Philippe Myers trade is the cleanest move left before camp: one year at $850,000, no path to minutes, and a front office reportedly willing to listen.

A Morgan Frost trade fits what Toronto needs — a 27-year-old centre off a career year on an expiring $4.375M deal. The case, the cost, and where we would stop.

The Morgan Rielly trade talk is done for the summer. Speaking in Brampton, the Leafs defenceman said he expects to start his 14th season in Toronto.

A Trevor Moore trade would reunite the ex-Leaf with Jim Hiller. The hockey fit is genuine — but Toronto is over the cap with no roster spot to give him.

NHL no-move clauses ran the 2026 trade market. Tkachuk, Larkin and Werenski all proved it — and John Chayka built Toronto's summer around that reality.

The Zach Werenski trade veto is settled: the Norris winner says he never asked out of Columbus, and Toronto's top-four defence hole stays open into camp.

William Nylander trade talk is back under John Chayka — but a full no-movement clause through 2031-32 means it is his decision, not Toronto's.

Elias Pettersson trade talk has resurfaced with no traction. The $11.6-million cap hit makes it impossible for the Maple Leafs, and wrong.

A Kent Johnson trade is the cheapest skill bet available to the Maple Leafs at $1.8 million. Toronto's problem is finding the cap room to make it.

A Dakota Joshua trade is now Toronto's likeliest move before camp. Why clearing $3.25M beats leaning on Max Domi's LTIR all season long.

Detroit's Dylan Larkin trade price is a first-line centre. All four approved teams said no — and the resulting stalemate quietly benefits the Maple Leafs.

The Alex Killorn trade market opened with Anaheim willing to attach a pick. Why the cap-strapped Maple Leafs can't bid on the summer's first distressed seller.

The Maple Leafs two-year window is written into the cap sheet and the traded first-round picks. Here is what Chayka can still do before camp.