Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Opinion: Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs defence's depth and the crease this summer, but the top four is older and thinner. That is the unfinished job.

Emil Andrae is the Maple Leafs' most promising young defenceman on paper. The catch: three veteran left-shots block him, and only a trade opens the door.

The Morgan Rielly trade file added a name Friday: Nashville. Why the Predators fit the money but not the depth chart, and why Toronto is still stuck.

The NHL salary cap 2026-27 climbed to a record $104M with a $20.8M max. What the rising-cap era means for Toronto's books and Matthews' next deal.

The NHL offer sheet is a live tactic again after Carlsson's $18M match. What the new era means for the cap-strapped Maple Leafs and their young core.

Auston Matthews' commitment to the Maple Leafs held as his reported mid-July deadline passed with no change — the payoff for Chayka's summer of buying.

A Dakota Joshua trade is Toronto's likeliest cap-clearing move: over the cap and heavy on left-shot wingers, the Maple Leafs can free room without touching the core.

The Nick Robertson contract — two years, $6.5 million in Pittsburgh — is the verdict on Chayka's trade, and a $3.25-million cap hit for a 24-year-old scorer stings.

The Morgan Rielly trade market has cooled, and Toronto's refusal to pay a sweetener means the veteran could open the 2026-27 season with the Maple Leafs.

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.

A free agent is reportedly waiting on Maple Leafs cap space to open up. Here's why Toronto is over the cap and how Chayka clears the room.

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.

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.

Martin Biron's Maple Leafs Atlantic Division prediction has Toronto second. For a team that finished 8th and is trading Rielly, that's a tier too rich.

A Morgan Rielly trade now has a market: a four-team Western list, with insiders calling it 'when, not if' — but Chayka won't eat salary to close it.

A Maple Leafs Trocheck trade is live again as John Chayka eyes the Rangers centre, but New York's Knies-level ask is the sticking point Toronto won't meet.

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.

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.