Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Matthew Knies contract at $7.75 million gets better every time the cap rises — why it is now the most valuable deal on Toronto's books.

A Jonathan Drouin PTO costs Toronto nothing, and the Maple Leafs have two rookies in the top nine and Max Domi out indefinitely. Make the call.

The Cutter Gauthier holdout is freezing the NHL trade market six weeks from camp. What Anaheim has to do next, and why Toronto can only watch it happen.

Rogers MLSE ownership goes to 100 per cent in a $4.35 billion deal closing in Q4 2026. What one owner really means for the Maple Leafs, on and off the ice.

Braden Schneider trade rumours keep linking the Maple Leafs. Toronto's right side is already full, the cap is already over, and the fit is worse than it looks.

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.

Toronto is the only NHL club with no Maple Leafs expiring contracts on its projected roster for two seasons. Chayka bought certainty and sold optionality.

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.

The Patrik Laine Maple Leafs link is real for the first time. Why Toronto's $2.75M cap overage makes a tryout the only realistic path.

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 Red Wings GM search has a consultant and no candidate seven weeks from opening night, and a rudderless Detroit is quietly worth points to the Maple Leafs.

KHL interest in unsigned NHL free agents is shrinking the August market, and the cap-strapped Maple Leafs need that board to stay stocked for a PTO invite.

The Gavin McKenna dirt bike clip isn't a scandal, but it is Toronto's first off-ice risk call on a No. 1 pick. What the NHL contract actually says.

The Morgan Rielly trade market is stuck: Toronto won't pay a sweetener, Rielly hasn't waived his no-move clause, and the cap problem has an easier answer.

Patrick O'Sullivan is the Maple Leafs' new director of NHL development. Why Chayka promoted a Treliving-era holdover, and what the job actually involves.

A Max Domi injury update from John Chayka says he's progressing but offers no timeline. His LTIR status is the key to the Maple Leafs' cap compliance.