Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Anthony Stolarz is the Maple Leafs starter, per John Chayka — a public vote of confidence over Sergei Bobrovsky that says as much about workload as about merit.

Maple Leafs goals against hit 299 in 2025-26 while the penalty kill ranked fifth. Where the defence actually broke, and what Jim Hiller has to fix.

Patriks Plumins is leaving Latvia for the QMJHL's Chicoutimi Sagueneens. What Toronto's 2026 fourth-round goalie brings to a rebuilt pipeline.

Timofei Obvintsev signs a one-year AHL deal with the Marlies. The 2024 fifth-rounder finally comes to North America, into a crowded Leafs goalie depth chart.

A Hellebuyck trade to an Atlantic Division rival is the outcome that hurts Toronto. Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit all have holes in net.

Connor Hellebuyck trade request goes public before camp. Why the Maple Leafs, over the cap with Bobrovsky and Stolarz, cannot be the buyer.

Maple Leafs starting goalie 2026-27: Bobrovsky's $7M deal says one thing, Stolarz's .926 season says another. Why Toronto's crease is genuinely unresolved.

Behind Bobrovsky and Stolarz, the Maple Leafs third goalie plan is thin across 84 games. Why Alexandar Georgiev on a PTO is the cheapest hedge Toronto can make.

The Sergei Bobrovsky no-trade clause is why he is a Maple Leaf. Florida offered less term and no blanket veto. Toronto gave both, and now owns the risk.

The NHL emergency backup goalie rule is rewritten for 2026-27. What it requires, who qualifies, and why the Maple Leafs need it more than most.

Anthony Stolarz went from a league-leading .926 to .893 in one year. With Bobrovsky at $7 million behind him, he has the most to prove on the Maple Leafs.

An NHL expansion draft would expose the Maple Leafs at goaltender. Artur Akhtyamov, the Calder Cup MVP, is the likeliest player Toronto loses for nothing.

Jack Campbell retires at 34. His true Maple Leafs record, the Oilers deal that ended his career, and why Toronto's crease still carries the lesson.

Maple Leafs goaltending in 2026-27 is a Bobrovsky–Stolarz tandem built on one big bet: the contracts, the Woll trade, and the age risk.

Artur Akhtyamov's Calder Cup MVP run makes him Toronto's best goalie prospect in years — the Maple Leafs can't let Bobrovsky's deal stall his path.

Opinion: The Sergei Bobrovsky Maple Leafs bet is Toronto's biggest swing factor — a 37-year-old goalie, a fragile backup and an 84-game grind.

The 84-game NHL season — hockey's first expansion since 1994 — gives the Maple Leafs two extra divisional games and a grind that tests the crease and rewards depth.

The Maple Leafs Connor Hellebuyck trade was the summer's biggest what-if — and between the Bobrovsky signing and his no-move clause, it was never realistic.