Roster & Offseason

Auston Matthews Hart Trophy odds put him seventh for 2026-27. After a Grade 3 MCL tear and 60 games, that ranking prices in health he hasn't shown yet.

Maple Leafs roster age is the quiet story of Chayka's first summer: why Toronto bridged with veterans, and where an 84-game schedule breaks the plan.

The Max Domi role question has no clean answer: five new bottom-six forwards, a $3.75M cap hit Toronto needs on LTIR, and no line for him to skate on.

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.

Auston Matthews 40 goals in 2026-27? His down-year rate already projects to 37 over 84 games. Health, not scoring touch, is the real question.

Brad Marchand surgery has clouded Florida's start to 2026-27. What the Panthers lose, why the new playoff cap matters, and what it means for the Maple Leafs.

The clearest Auston Matthews injury update all summer came from his chiropractor. Toronto's silence on its captain's knee is a problem, and it is fixable.

A Max Domi injury update from John Chayka says he's progressing but offers no timeline. His LTIR status is the key to the Maple Leafs' cap compliance.

The Chayka Maple Leafs offseason has one through-line: import players from winning organizations. Here is what Toronto paid, and where the theory breaks down.

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 Andy O'Brien Maple Leafs hire hands Sidney Crosby's longtime trainer control of Toronto's sport performance department after an injury-wrecked season.

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 Maple Leafs salary cap sits about $2.75M over the $104M ceiling. Here are the three levers Toronto can pull before the Sept. 28 compliance deadline.

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 Maple Leafs offseason drew harsh national reviews. The forward reshuffle was sound and McKenna a windfall — but the top-four defence hole earns the grade.

Chayka rebuilt the Maple Leafs bottom six with penalty-killing, defensively responsible depth — Sissons, Blueger and Roslovic — to free the top six for offence.

At 35, John Tavares is the Maple Leafs' bargain second-line centre. His $4.389-million cap hit and flexibility quietly insulate Toronto for 2026-27.

Maple Leafs training camp 2026 features real position battles: McKenna's push, Cowan's audition, a centre logjam and a cap crunch that squeezes someone out.

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.

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.

The Maple Leafs' right-shot winger problem leaves Nylander as the lone right shot up front. Why it matters and why Bjorkstrand is the obvious fix.

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.

The Max Domi injury leaves the Leafs forward out indefinitely after back surgery complications. LTIR would free about $3.75M against a tight salary cap.

The Maple Leafs 2026-27 roster is taking shape: deeper forwards, a rebuilt Bobrovsky crease, a cap crunch and one unfilled top-pairing defence hole for Chayka.

An opinion on John Chayka's Maple Leafs offseason — a disciplined reshaping of the roster's edges that keeps the core and trims everything around it.

The Maple Leafs offseason to-do list now that the draft is over: qualifying offers, the Rielly trade, goaltending depth, centre help and the McKenna signing.

Your guide to the Maple Leafs offseason schedule: the buyout window, the June 26-27 draft in Buffalo, RFA qualifying offers, arbitration, and July 1 free agency.

Calle Järnkrok and the Maple Leafs look set to part ways as the veteran returns to Sweden. What his exit means for Toronto's bottom six and cap sheet.

Chayka says Auston Matthews is 'a happy captain' who wants to win in Toronto. We break down what the GM's combine comments mean for the Maple Leafs future.

Max Domi's back surgery complications leave him out indefinitely, gutting the Leafs' centre depth and forcing John Chayka to chase a centre this summer.

Five structural needs for the 2026-27 Leafs, ordered by priority. A third-line center, a top-six winger who drives play, right-side defense depth, a modern power-play assistant, and backup goaltending insurance.

The case for and against keeping Craig Berube after the Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons, and why Brad Treliving almost certainly keeps his coach.

The 2026 NHL Draft Lottery on May 5 is the Leafs' whole offseason in one night. 41.8% to keep the pick. 8.5% at No. 1. Here's what each outcome means, through to 2028.

A cap-math preview of the Leafs' July 1 2026 offseason: projected $104M ceiling, expiring contracts, RFA re-signings, the CBA change dropping UFA term limits, and the realistic free agent targets.