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Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs captain

With Chayka hired and the first-overall pick secured, all the attention turns to Matthews...

After the Maple Leafs' 2025-26 season concluded, Auston Matthews made the following statement about the highly disappointing campaign: This was a tough year and a...

Draft lottery pot of gold gives the Maple Leafs the momentum boost they badly...

Just when you think you're out… Long-time Maple Leafs diehards are extremely familiar with the rollercoaster ride of following this beleaguered franchise day in and...

A new dawn. A new day. The Maple Leafs have won the 2026 draft...

10 years after the Maple Leafs' lucky number 13 lottery ball landed them Auston Matthews, Mats Sundin himself represented the organization at the 2026...

The good, the bad, and the still-unanswered from John Chayka and Mats Sundin’s press...

written in collaboration with Alec Brownscombe The Toronto Maple Leafs officially introduced John Chayka and Mats Sundin as GM and Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey...

Analysis: Keith Pelley makes big, controversial gamble on John Chayka as Leafs’ new GM/head...

The worst-kept secret in hockey is now confirmed, as the Toronto Maple Leafs have officially hired Mats Sundin and John Chayka into senior management...
Jason Spezza of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs Front Office Candidates, Part 2: Tim Barnes, Jason Spezza, Judd Moldaver &...

The scuttlebutt on the Maple Leafs' executive search -- who is in, who is out, who is the favourite -- is completely all over...
Scott White, Dallas Stars AGM

Maple Leafs Front Office Candidates, Part 1: Scott White, Evan Gold, Mike Gillis &...

It sounds like the Maple Leafs will announce a new leader at the top of their chain of command sooner rather than later. As we’ve...

The Maple Leafs’ top job is too big for “learn as you go” candidates

Over the past few weeks, as the Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 season painfully wound down, all the attention shifted to who will take control of...
Mats Sundin, Maple Leafs

The latest on the Leafs’ GM search, Mike Gillis, Mats Sundin, and Auston Matthews’...

On 32 Thoughts, Elliotte Friedman discussed the latest on the Leafs’ GM search, interest from MLSE/ownership in Mats Sundin joining the new front office,...

On cost-cutting, AI, Pelley, and the Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 season from hell

written in collaboration with Alec Brownscombe It has been a long time since the Toronto Maple Leafs were this bad. In case you’d somehow forgotten...
MLSE President & CEO Keith Pelley

An eyebrow-raising start to the Maple Leafs’ executive search – Maple Leafs Notebook

While the Maple Leafs continue losing on the ice, giving fans some draft-pick hope, what’s happening off-ice is drawing the main attention, as the...
Artur Akhtyamov, Maple Leafs

Game Review: AA gets shelled, a solid Leafs debut for Luke Haymes, and Berube...

On paper, this set up as one of the Maple Leafs' more interesting games in weeks, given their place in the standings. Due to...
MLSE CEO Keith Pelley

Is more urgency needed for getting the Maple Leafs’ new management in place? –...

On last week's 32 Thoughts podcast, Elliotte Friedman noted that the Maple Leafs are eyeing the Boston Bruins' retool with a similar goal in...
MLSE President & CEO Keith Pelley

How deep will the organizational change go for the Maple Leafs? – Maple Leafs...

The first shoe has officially dropped: General Manager Treliving was relieved of his duties on Monday.  While much of the focus naturally shifts to the...

10 Thoughts: A night of fights and firings for the Maple Leafs in Anaheim

10 thoughts after a dramatic night in Leafland ended in a GM firing, a 5-4 overtime win, and 93 combined penalty minutes against the...
Brad Treliving, GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs

The house cleaning begins: Maple Leafs fire Brad Treliving eight games before season’s end

The inevitable has officially arrived, as the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Brad Treliving has been relieved of his duties as General Manager.  https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/2038779588659048951 The writing...
Brad Treliving, Toronto Maple Leafs GM

Let there be no doubt: The Maple Leafs need to clean house this offseason,...

As the Maple Leafs' 2025-26 season slowly crawls to an end, all eyes have naturally shifted towards the offseason and the major question marks...

The Matthews incident, Bo Groulx’s emergence, and the tank setback – Maple Leafs Notebook

In November of 2011, then-Bruin Milan Lucic was chasing down a loose puck in Boston. Sabres goalie Ryan Miller, identifying that he could prevent...

10 Thoughts: Leafs’ response to Gudas, Cowan’s first fight, Groulx’s shorty, and big nights...

10 thoughts after a refreshingly entertaining game/win over the Anaheim Ducks for the Maple Leafs, albeit with significant concerns about Auston Matthews' injury situation: Regarding...
Easton Cowan, Maple Leafs

Game Review: Bo Groulx torches Noah Dobson, nearly scores in Maple Leafs’ loss to...

As much as the title of this article is facetious, it is actually the type of thing the rest of the 2025-26 Maple Leafs’...