Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs penalty kill is 10-for-11 through four games. Who is killing penalties for Jim Hiller, why it works and the one problem it can't fix.

Maple Leafs beat the Islanders 2-1: Easton Cowan scored and set up a goal, Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves, and Jim Hiller got his first NHL win in Toronto.

Maple Leafs bottom six scored three on Montreal's top group in a 4-3 OT loss. Sissons, Rybinski and the Cowan line made the better case.

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 Auston Matthews penalty kill role should end in 2026-27. Jim Hiller has the specialists, the 84-game grind, and every reason to cut it to zero.

The Chayka Maple Leafs offseason has one through-line: import players from winning organizations. Here is what Toronto paid, and where the theory breaks down.

Toronto's toughest contracts total roughly $15 million for a fourth-line centre, a fourth-line winger and a 32-year-old defenceman. That is the whole margin.

Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs bottom six with penalty-killing, defensively responsible depth — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — to free the top six for offence.

Toronto's July 1 Maple Leafs free agency signings — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — cost about $10.75M in cap and remade the forward group with centre depth, speed and a right-shot punch.