Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Gavin McKenna has to earn his spot in the Leafs lineup, Jim Hiller says. Why a sheltered start is right for an 18-year-old facing 84 games.

The Morgan Rielly viral condition slows his start to Leafs camp. He should be ready for September 29, but 13 days leaves no time to catch up.

The Maple Leafs training camp roster is 73 players: 41 forwards, 25 defencemen, seven goaltenders. Jim Hiller has 13 days and four games to sort all of it.

The new NHL CBA is live: 84 games, seven-year contract maximums and a 13-day camp. What changed September 16 and what it costs the Maple Leafs specifically.

John Chayka's Maple Leafs overhaul gets its first real test as camp opens Wednesday. The roster he spent 19 weeks building has 15 days to look like a plan.

The John Tavares Maple Leafs accountability moment: clearly we were not very good. What it means for a room that turned over nine spots.

Chris Tanev Maple Leafs update: not cleared six days before camp, but planning to skate day one after core muscle surgery ended an 11-game season.

The Morgan Rielly trade market never materialized, and Rielly has now said Toronto means more to him than ever. Why keeping him was always the right call.

Maple Leafs training camp 2026 is capped at 13 days and four preseason games by the new CBA. Jim Hiller has to install everything on almost no runway.

The Maple Leafs power play was 25th at 16.8 per cent. With Daniel Alfredsson, Darren Raddysh and Gavin McKenna, it is the cheapest fix on the roster.

Gavin McKenna's linemates are the decision Jim Hiller has to make at camp. Why Toronto should start its No. 1 pick with Tavares and give him PP1 anyway.

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.

Easton Cowan is the Maple Leafs' cheapest answer to their top-six winger problem. Here is what his second NHL season needs to look like.

Maple Leafs defence pairings for 2026-27 hinge on Darren Raddysh's partner. Jake McCabe is the right answer, even at the cost of the Tanev pair.

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.

Toronto's third letter has sat empty since Marner left. The William Nylander alternate captain case costs Jim Hiller nothing and is long overdue.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson led all Maple Leafs defencemen in scoring last season on a $3.5M cap hit — and is now being discussed as a cap casualty. That is backwards.

Calle Jarnkrok's Berube complaint, delivered on his way to the SHL, is the most specific criticism yet of the deployment problem Jim Hiller inherits in Toronto.