Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Adam Fantilli contract: six years, $82.5 million, $13.75M AAV. Why Columbus paid it, what the new CBA term limits did, and what it costs the Maple Leafs next.

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.

Matthew Knies contract: $7.75M through 2030-31. After deadline day reset the winger market, it is the best value deal in the Atlantic Division.

Drake Batherson contract: eight years, $86 million, the biggest in Senators history. The structure, the timing and what it costs the Maple Leafs.

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.

Detroit has four days to sign the Simon Edvinsson contract to eight years and no general manager to negotiate it. The Atlantic math is moving Toronto's way.

Minnesota has five days to sign Quinn Hughes to an eight-year deal before the CBA caps term at seven. Why the Quinn Hughes contract matters in Toronto.

The Drake Batherson contract faces a Sept. 16 CBA deadline that cuts max term to seven years. Why Ottawa's decision changes the Atlantic race for Toronto.

Fraser Minten's $7.2-million deal created the comparable Toronto did not want. What the Easton Cowan next contract should actually cost the Maple Leafs.

The Auston Matthews next contract math just changed. Makar's $20.4M deal reset the market, the new CBA caps term at seven years, and Toronto talks in July 2027.

The Cale Makar contract is the richest in NHL history at $20.4 million a season. Here is what the $20M deal costs the Maple Leafs' blue line and cap plan.

Toronto is about $2.75M over the ceiling. The Maple Leafs salary cap fix runs through Max Domi LTIR, and it buys less flexibility than fans think.

A Sidney Crosby extension is expected before mid-September, shrinking the 2027 UFA class — and pushing the Auston Matthews contract question into focus.

The Cutter Gauthier contract standoff — a rejected $52 million offer — resets the NHL's second-contract market and raises the price of Toronto's next deals.

Matthew Knies 30 goals is a seven-goal step, not a leap. Why it is the cleanest test of whether John Chayka built the Maple Leafs roster correctly.

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.

The NHL's eight-year contract deadline falls Sept. 15, 2026. Cale Makar is the biggest name on the clock, and the Maple Leafs cannot participate at all.

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.