Salary Cap & Contracts

Alex Tuch got $10.5M, Pavel Dorofeyev $11M, and Bobrovsky wants seven years. Maple Leafs free agency in 2026 calls for discipline — and Chayka is right to hold.

On July 1, Maple Leafs trade protection shifts: Stolarz's no-trade list grows to 16 teams and Raddysh's no-movement clause activates, tightening Chayka's hand.

Maple Leafs free agency begins July 1 with $22M in space and a gutted bottom six to rebuild. The cap picture, the targets and the goaltending wild card.

Matias Maccelli is a UFA after the Maple Leafs declined his roughly $4.11M qualifying offer. The cap logic behind letting a 39-point winger walk for free.

Troy Stecher is back in Toronto on a two-year, $2.7M deal. Why the Maple Leafs' $1.35M depth signing fits Chayka's cap-conscious offseason.

Maple Leafs free agency 2026 opens July 1 with Chayka's stated approach — aggressive but disciplined, depth-first, and unwilling to overpay in a thin market.

Maple Leafs qualifying offers are due by 5 p.m. ET June 29. Here is what Chayka must decide on RFAs Nick Robertson and Matias Maccelli before July 1.

Maple Leafs free agency opens July 1 with about $27 million in space and a barren market. Why the trade route, not a July 1 splash, is Chayka's smarter play.

The Matias Maccelli decision is a quiet Maple Leafs RFA problem — arbitration rights, a $3.425M base, and a qualifying-offer call due before July 1.

The Maple Leafs draft-floor trade scenarios — a Rielly deal, a cap dump, moving the 60th pick — are the real story in Buffalo even with McKenna locked in.

Auston Matthews has told John Chayka he's all in, per Pierre LeBrun, settling the summer's loudest Maple Leafs question: the captain is staying for 2026-27.

The Nick Robertson qualifying offer is the Maple Leafs' next call: tender $1.825M by late June, or lose him. And Robertson wants real term.

Maple Leafs cap space is about $18.8M after Raddysh. Enough for one addition, but the centre need and a looming Knies raise tighten the math.

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.

Maple Leafs free agency faces a thin UFA class. With $22M and a centre hole, Chayka should use cap room as trade currency, not overpay July 1.

A $104 million cap for 2026-27 makes the Maple Leafs' big contracts look better by the day — and hands Chayka real spending room. The risk is overusing it.

Darren Raddysh just set a Lightning scoring record, and the Maple Leafs are linked. But a six-year deal for a 30-year-old is a classic Toronto trap.

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.

Should the Maple Leafs trade for Mason McTavish? The 23-year-old centre fits Toronto's $104M cap and Domi-thinned depth — but Anaheim's asking price is the catch.

Maple Leafs free agency 2026: $22M in space, a $104M cap, and Chayka's 'functional grit' plan. The needs, the names, and why patience wins.

The Leafs blueline rebuild comes down to mobility. With Matthews and Nylander asking for puck-movers and $22M to spend, here's how Chayka reshapes the defence.

A Morgan Rielly trade is now a real possibility after Chayka reportedly asked for a list of teams. His no-move clause controls how — and whether — it happens.

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.

Nylander's 72-point year on a collapsed Leafs roster was the most underrated story of 2025-26. His $11.5M deal through 2032 is aging like a bargain, and he's the franchise centerpiece for what comes next.

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.

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.

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Read the Leafs' cap sheet without getting dizzy. What AAV, term, expiry and clauses actually mean, plus five common mistakes that make the cap situation look worse than it is.