Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Maple Leafs vs Blue Jackets preview: Knies and Marchenko meet their old clubs for the first time, Stolarz starts, and Toronto chases a second straight win.

Marchenko Knies trade check-in: Marchenko has 9 points in 8 games for Toronto, Knies 4 in 5 for Columbus. Who's winning, and what it costs.

Matthew Knies' Blue Jackets debut brought two goals and a franchise-record-tying three points. Why the Maple Leafs side of the Marchenko trade still holds.

Kirill Marchenko Maple Leafs debut: eight shot attempts and an assist beside Auston Matthews with no practice. Matthew Knies debuts in Columbus tonight.

Our verdict on the Matthew Knies trade: Marchenko is the better player and Toronto is better tonight, but Chayka paid too much in the details. Grade: B-.

The Maple Leafs Marchenko trade sends Matthew Knies to Columbus for Kirill Marchenko, who signed a six-year, $75M extension the eve of opening night.

Before practising at Mullett Arena, the Maple Leafs visited Matthew Mayich and his family. The ASU defenceman collapsed Aug. 20 and remains hospitalized.

Adam Fantilli contract: six years, $82.5 million, $13.75M AAV. Why Columbus paid it, what the new CBA term limits did, and what it costs the Maple Leafs next.

Matthew Knies trade rumours ended with a direct message from John Chayka. Knies turned it into a standard — and Auston Matthews says his ceiling is untouched.

Jack Roslovic drew the first look on Auston Matthews' wing at Leafs camp. Why the signing is better than its reception, and what he has to prove by November.

Matthew Knies contract: $7.75M through 2030-31. After deadline day reset the winger market, it is the best value deal in the Atlantic Division.

Auston Matthews fell a full tier in The Athletic's player tiers, the first time since 2022. Five Leafs made the board — and what's missing says more.

NHL Network's Maple Leafs winger rankings put Nylander 10th and left Matthew Knies off the top 20. What one name out of 20 says about Chayka's forward group.

NHL 27 ratings put Nylander at 93 and Matthews at 92 — a second straight downgrade. The reaction says more about Toronto than the rating does.

Morgan Rielly praised John Chayka's direct approach. It marks a real shift in how the Maple Leafs handle players — and a bill that comes due by February.

The Cutter Gauthier contract standoff — a rejected $52 million offer — resets the NHL's second-contract market and raises the price of Toronto's next deals.

Matthew Knies 30 goals is a seven-goal step, not a leap. Why it is the cleanest test of whether John Chayka built the Maple Leafs roster correctly.

The Matthew Knies contract at $7.75 million gets better every time the cap rises — why it is now the most valuable deal on Toronto's books.