Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Jack Roslovic is the Maple Leafs' cheapest answer to an unsolved top six. At $4 million with 21 goals last season, he belongs on Auston Matthews' wing.

Auston Matthews' rehab reached the shooting stage in Davos, the clearest sign yet that the Maple Leafs captain will be ready for training camp in September.

The Gavin McKenna rookie tournament appearance is up in the air, delaying his Leafs debut. Why holding the No. 1 pick out of Gatineau is the right call.

A Maple Leafs fast start is structural this year. Toronto plays 16 games before Nov. 1 in an 84-game season that opens Sept. 29 against Montreal.

Maple Leafs playoff odds for 2026-27 sit near a coin flip despite Chayka's roster overhaul. What the models see, where they're wrong, and the real bar.

Mike Babcock's Oilers hire got a public endorsement from Draisaitl and McDavid in Toronto. Two contenders, two coaching resets, two different diagnoses.

The Maple Leafs fourth line is deeper than it has been in years. With Lorentz and Joshua waiver-bound, someone good sits. Keep the cheaper one.

The Matthews-Nylander line dominated when Toronto used it. With Gavin McKenna available for Tavares, Jim Hiller has no good reason left to keep them apart.

Chris Tanev is healthy after core muscle surgery and set for a top-four role, handing the Maple Leafs back the shutdown anchor they missed last season.

Jim Hiller and the Maple Leafs signals a defence-first turn. Here's what his 1-3-1 system changes for the stars, the power play and Toronto's scoring.

William Nylander gets a clean slate with the Maple Leafs after a tense 2025-26. He still scored 30 goals — here's why keeping him is the right call.

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.

Daniel Alfredsson is the Maple Leafs' new associate coach, tasked with fixing a power play stacked with Matthews and Nylander.

A full look at the Maple Leafs projected lineup for 2026-27 — lines, defence pairings and the Bobrovsky-Stolarz goaltending tandem Chayka built this summer.

Auston Matthews' knee injury is behind him after March MCL surgery — why a full offseason and a reshaped roster set up a bounce-back season for Toronto.

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.

Anders Lee is the Maple Leafs' top winger target for July 1. Why the net-front captain fits Toronto's core, the projected $6.6M deal, and the term risk.

Toronto parted ways with assistant Mike Van Ryn as Jim Hiller finalizes his Maple Leafs coaching staff, severing one of the last links to the Berube era.