Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The NHL salary cap 2026-27 climbed to a record $104M with a $20.8M max. What the rising-cap era means for Toronto's books and Matthews' next deal.

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.

Jim Hiller and the Maple Leafs signals a defence-first turn. Here's what his 1-3-1 system changes for the stars, the power play and Toronto's scoring.

Martin Biron's Maple Leafs Atlantic Division prediction has Toronto second. For a team that finished 8th and is trading Rielly, that's a tier too rich.

A Maple Leafs Trocheck trade is live again as John Chayka eyes the Rangers centre, but New York's Knies-level ask is the sticking point Toronto won't meet.

William Nylander gets a clean slate with the Maple Leafs after a tense 2025-26. He still scored 30 goals — here's why keeping him is the right call.

The Maple Leafs plan to put Gavin McKenna on the power play's first unit right away — Toronto's fix for a 15th-ranked group under Daniel Alfredsson.

Maple Leafs Stanley Cup odds sit at +6000 for 2026-27 — 19th in the NHL, behind five Atlantic teams. Why the market still doubts Toronto's retool.

Toronto is counting on Auston Matthews to 'drive the bus.' Coming off a serious knee injury, the Maple Leafs captain's health is the season's biggest variable.

Auston Matthews' knee injury is behind him after March MCL surgery — why a full offseason and a reshaped roster set up a bounce-back season for Toronto.

Opinion: Gavin McKenna belongs on the Maple Leafs roster now — alongside Matthews. The case for keeping the No. 1 pick, the argument for patience, and why patience loses.

The No. 1 pick dominated Maple Leafs development camp this week. Inside what Gavin McKenna showed, why it matters, and the Auston Matthews line question already being asked.

Maple Leafs draft day has arrived: Toronto picks No. 1 overall tonight in Buffalo and is set to take Gavin McKenna, its first top pick since Matthews in 2016.

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 McKenna pick looks like a rebuild, but Chayka kept Matthews, Knies and Nylander and spent cap space. This is a Maple Leafs retool, not a teardown.

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.

Toronto shrugged at the Jim Hiller hire, but Chayka's bet on trust over star power is more defensible than it looks.

A $104 million cap for 2026-27 makes the Maple Leafs' big contracts look better by the day — and hands Chayka real spending room. The risk is overusing it.