Maple Leafs News & Analysis

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.

The Toronto Marlies 2026-27 season is a step back in the standings and a step forward for the pipeline. Inside Chayka's rebuilt AHL staff and what it means.

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.

Maple Leafs draft rights lapsed on Hlacar, Mayes and Miller this summer under three different clocks. How the rules work, and why 2027 changes all of it.

The Maple Leafs contract limit sits at 49 of 50. With paper transactions banned and Toronto $2.75M over the cap, the last slot is the whole cupboard.

Tinus Luc Koblar heads to Maple Leafs camp at the turn of the month, and Rögle's coach says he may not get him back. The rules, the stakes and the decision.

Joe Miller and the Maple Leafs parted ways at the Aug. 15 NCAA deadline. Why Toronto passed, where he landed, and what it says about Chayka's contract math.

Two Maple Leafs prospects face opposite tests. Mans Gudmundsson gets an early SHL push at 18; Nick Moldenhauer's senior year at Michigan is a deadline.

Maple Leafs prospect rankings are out. Behind Gavin McKenna and Easton Cowan sit the names that decide whether Toronto really has a pipeline.

Easton Cowan has a Memorial Cup and a Calder Cup in back-to-back seasons. What the Maple Leafs winger has to do in 2026-27 to complete the set.

The NHL minimum salary hits $850,000 in 2026-27 and retroactively raises cap hits on 376 contracts. What it costs a Maple Leafs team already over the cap.

Semyon Der-Arguchintsev wants back with the Maple Leafs, but his lost waiver exemption means Toronto cannot sign him and quietly stash him with the Marlies.

The Toronto Marlies coaching staff is complete. Chris Bourque becomes assistant GM and head of college recruitment; Greg Moore returns to the Marlies bench.

The Maple Leafs prospects who won a Calder Cup have nowhere to go. Chayka's five bottom-six additions fixed a real problem and created a quieter one.

The new 19-year-old AHL rule gives the Maple Leafs one Marlies slot in 2026-27. Tyler Hopkins or Harry Nansi? The case for each, and our verdict.

Toronto Marlies signings: seven AHL contracts, including Ken Appleby and Sam Stevens. How the depth build protects the Leafs' cap and their prospects.

Ben Danford wants to make the Maple Leafs out of camp. With Toronto's right-shot blue line thin after the Carlo trade, he fills a genuine need.

The Maple Leafs signed William Villeneuve to a one-year, two-way deal, closing out their 2026 RFA class as Chayka finishes the offseason's quiet housekeeping.