Maple Leafs News & Analysis

The Maple Leafs prospects pool headlines The Athletic's top 100 with Gavin McKenna ranked No. 1 overall and Easton Cowan at No. 70.

The Maple Leafs second-line centre market vanished as Trocheck, Bourque and Kyrou were traded elsewhere, leaving Tavares and the kids to answer at 2C.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 schedule drops this week: opening night July 15, the full 84-game slate July 16 at 1 p.m. ET. Here's what to watch.

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.

Gavin McKenna was the headline, but the real Maple Leafs development camp standouts are the depth behind him: Nansi's leap, Bilecki's rise, Koblar's smarts.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 schedule arrives July 15-16. The preseason is set: four split-squad games over two days versus Montreal and Ottawa.

The Gavin McKenna entry-level contract is official — a three-year, bonus-laden deal tying the No. 1 pick to Toronto as he surrenders No. 72 to Bobrovsky.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 roster is taking shape: deeper forwards, a rebuilt Bobrovsky crease, a cap crunch and one unfilled top-pairing defence hole for Chayka.

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.

Inside the Maple Leafs 2026 draft class: 10 picks led by Gavin McKenna, a third round that looked like a second, and Chayka's clear puck-moving blueprint.

The Maple Leafs selected Gavin McKenna No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL Draft. Here's who Toronto got, what comes next, and why the pick matters.

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.

Maple Leafs draft night arrives June 26 in Buffalo with the No. 1 pick and Gavin McKenna the likely choice — plus the trades Chayka could spring.

Gavin McKenna and the Maple Leafs become official June 26 in Buffalo as Toronto makes the No. 1 pick. The player, the numbers and the fit.

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.

The Maple Leafs 2026 draft picks start with McKenna at No. 1, then thin out — a second at 60th, two thirds, and trade-acquired leftovers. The full board.

A full Gavin McKenna scouting report ahead of the 2026 NHL Draft — his elite playmaking, the physicality questions, the Marner comp, and how the No. 1 pick fits the Maple Leafs.