Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Red Wings GM search blew past Labour Day, freezing the Dylan Larkin file. What Detroit limbo means for the Maple Leafs and the Atlantic.

The Zeev Buium contract beat the NHL eight-year deadline at $9.38M per season. Toronto let the window close with nobody worth signing.

Patrik Laine Maple Leafs interest survives into September, his market reportedly down to five clubs. The fit is real; the cap math is brutal.

Anthony Stolarz is the Maple Leafs starter, per John Chayka — a public vote of confidence over Sergei Bobrovsky that says as much about workload as about merit.

The Maple Leafs 50-contract limit is now a hard wall after the Brendan Brisson signing. Any addition requires John Chayka to move a contract out first.

Brendan Brisson signs a one-year, two-way contract with the Maple Leafs at $850,000, adding a former first-round pick — and pushing Toronto to 50 contracts.

The Chris Tanev injury update: still not medically cleared six months after core muscle surgery, with Maple Leafs training camp opening Sept. 17.

A Kirill Marchenko trade fits the Maple Leafs perfectly at $3.85 million. The problem is Montreal can meet Columbus's price and Toronto cannot.

Colton Sissons carries a $4.25 million cap hit after an 11-point season. Here is the honest bar for a successful year from the Maple Leafs centre.

The Luke Evangelista trade cost a conditional 2028 first and a second — a price that shows why the Maple Leafs cannot buy a top-six winger.

Toronto has eight NHL defencemen for seven spots. The Maple Leafs defence waiver crunch means exposing a real player before opening night on September 29.

Calle Jarnkrok's Berube complaint, delivered on his way to the SHL, is the most specific criticism yet of the deployment problem Jim Hiller inherits in Toronto.

The Maple Leafs head team physician of 20 years is out. Inside Chayka's medical overhaul, the injury season behind it, and what it means for camp.

Maple Leafs NHL EDGE stats explain the Raddysh trade: 97 shot attempts at 90-plus mph against a team total of 34. Plus Roslovic's speed-burst profile.

Leafs vs Canadiens opening night on Sept. 29 is a measuring stick: Montreal finished 106 points and a conference final ahead of Toronto's last-place 78.

The Maple Leafs October schedule: a four-game homestand, then a brutal western swing. Toronto has 11 back-to-backs but only five games against tired teams.

The Maple Leafs PTO board is empty with camp two weeks out. With one contract slot left and LTIR math to manage, that restraint is the right call.

Maple Leafs goals against hit 299 in 2025-26 while the penalty kill ranked fifth. Where the defence actually broke, and what Jim Hiller has to fix.