Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Auston Matthews contract has two years left at $13.25 million. Chayka says he hopes it ends in retirement — here is the 2027 negotiation.

The Noah Ostlund extension locks up Buffalo's young centre for eight years at $6.6 million, one day before the NHL's term limit drops to seven.

NHL eight-year contracts end September 15. Toronto has no eligible player, and the seven-year cap that follows lands on the Auston Matthews extension.

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.

Maple Leafs draft rights lapsed on Hlacar, Mayes and Miller this summer under three different clocks. How the rules work, and why 2027 changes all of it.

The Maple Leafs contract limit sits at 49 of 50. With paper transactions banned and Toronto $2.75M over the cap, the last slot is the whole cupboard.

The NHL signing bonus cap limits new deals to 60 per cent bonus money on September 16. Matthews' contract is 94 per cent bonus — Toronto's best tool is gone.

The new 19-year-old AHL rule gives the Maple Leafs one Marlies slot in 2026-27. Tyler Hopkins or Harry Nansi? The case for each, and our verdict.

The new NHL retained salary rules take effect Sept. 16 and kill double retention. What it means for the Maple Leafs and Morgan Rielly.