Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Jim Hiller Maple Leafs training camp opens with the exact installation problem the Kings solved before firing him. Chayka bought the system; the room has to buy in.

Jim Hiller is the Maple Leafs coach with the shortest honeymoon in hockey: nine additions, a three-goalie crease and Gavin McKenna, all in year one.

The Toronto Marlies coaching staff is complete. Chris Bourque becomes assistant GM and head of college recruitment; Greg Moore returns to the Marlies bench.

Mike Babcock's Oilers hire got a public endorsement from Draisaitl and McDavid in Toronto. Two contenders, two coaching resets, two different diagnoses.

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.

Daniel Alfredsson is the Maple Leafs' new associate coach, tasked with fixing a power play stacked with Matthews and Nylander.

Toronto parted ways with assistant Mike Van Ryn as Jim Hiller finalizes his Maple Leafs coaching staff, severing one of the last links to the Berube era.

Joe Pavelski as Maple Leafs head coach would be Chayka's boldest bet: a beloved ex-star with one season of under-16 coaching, handed Toronto's win-now roster.

Jay Woodcroft is the most contested name in the Maple Leafs coaching search. Inside the conflicting reports on his candidacy and Chayka's secretive process.

The Leafs fire Craig Berube after a 78-point collapse and missed playoffs, one year after his Atlantic Division banner. Why John Chayka pulled the trigger.

The case for and against keeping Craig Berube after the Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons, and why Brad Treliving almost certainly keeps his coach.