Maple Leafs News & Analysis

Steven Lorentz waivers headline an eight-player Maple Leafs batch. The cap math, the risk of losing him for nothing, and what it does to the fourth line.

Maple Leafs waivers: Mermis and McWard hit the wire on a 34-player day. The Sept. 28 deadline math, Bo Groulx's claim risk and the cap layer beneath it.

Fifteen players hit the wire Sept. 22, six from Detroit. Why the Maple Leafs waivers answer is no claims, and why Toronto's own exposure is the real story.

The William Villeneuve waivers problem is Toronto's quietest roster risk. He needs waivers to reach the Marlies, and 31 teams saw his Calder Cup run.

Zack MacEwen signed with the Maple Leafs for $875,000 a year. Coming off ACL surgery into a bottom six with seven bodies for four jobs, waivers loom.