Morgan Rielly’s Maple Leafs story isn’t over, but something has to change [2026-27 Player...
Morgan Rielly’s long-awaited bounce-back season never arrived in 2025-26.
After a disappointing 2024-25 campaign, Rielly and then-GM Brad Treliving held what Treliving described as a...
After an inconsistent and injury-riddled season, can Dakota Joshua carve out a firmer role...
Dakota Joshua’s first season back in the organization that originally drafted him was a mixed bag.
There were a few stretches when he looked like...
The Maple Leafs made big changes around Auston Matthews; now he needs to be...
Auston Matthews’ 2025-26 season made one thing abundantly clear: The Maple Leafs need their franchise player back.
The flashes were still there. There were nights...
A healthy Chris Tanev can change the Maple Leafs’ defense, but they must manage...
Assessing Chris Tanev’s first season in Toronto was fairly straightforward: He was exactly the player the Maple Leafs hoped they were acquiring.
His second season...
Emil Andrae brings youth & upside to an aging Maple Leafs blue line, but...
The Maple Leafs are hoping that Emil Andrae can add a few much-needed elements to their blue line this upcoming season: youth/upside, mobility, and...
Jack Roslovic fills a few needs for the Maple Leafs; now they need to...
The Jack Roslovic-Auston Matthews connection has been played up often since Roslovic signed in Toronto on July 1.
The two played together for the USNTDP...
The Gavin McKenna era begins with immense promise, and a developmental balancing act for...
Gavin McKenna could be anything from a supporting piece to a game-breaking star in his rookie season, and how the Maple Leafs manage the...
Darren Raddysh doesn’t need another 70-point season to help transform the Maple Leafs’ blue...
Darren Raddysh’s rise from undrafted OHL overager to $68-million defenseman is one of the league's great late-bloomer stories. Naturally, it is also the source...
Can Brandon Duhaime help the Maple Leafs become a faster, harder, and more irritating...
The Maple Leafs’ UFA offseason additions up front made their priorities at the position pretty clear.
After finishing as one of the league's worst defensive...
Nick Paul can fill an important need for the Maple Leafs, but was last...
Nick Paul’s final season in Tampa Bay was either an injury-riddled aberration or the first warning sign for a 31-year-old forward who had previously...
How much magic does Sergei Bobrovsky have left for the Maple Leafs? [2026-27 Player...
Through the first 15 years of his NHL career, Sergei Bobrovsky built a stonewall Hall of Fame résumé:
Two Vezina Trophies
Over 450 regular-season...
Steven Lorentz must fight for his Leafs lineup spot all over again [2026-27 Player...
Steven Lorentz’s three-year, $1.35 million AAV extension was a little strange from the moment former GM Brad Treliving signed it last summer.
Three-year term aside,...
Maple Leafs reportedly invite Nick Blankenburg to camp on PTO: Where could he fit?
The rookie tournament is here, training camp is around the corner, and all of a sudden, it feels like we’re pretty much back in...
Maple Leafs Training Camp Battles, Part 1: Top-Six Openings, McKenna’s Linemates, 3C, and Checking-Line...
The rookie tournament is over, training camp starts this week, and by the weekend, the Maple Leafs will be playing their first preseason games....
Maple Leafs Training Camp Battles, Part 2: Who partners with Raddysh, who rounds out...
As we continue our training camp and preseason battle series, we shift our attention to the defense.
This unit is usually fairly straightforward, but this...
Maple Leafs Training Camp Battles, Part 3: Building out PP1, the McKenna wildcard, and...
To wrap up our training camp battles series, we’ll look at the Maple Leafs' special teams, which are set for fairly significant changes.
On paper,...
“McKenna is too good to play with players who can’t think the game at...
MLHS' Anthony Petrielli joined The FAN Morning Show to discuss the Maple Leafs’ outlook entering the 2026-27 season, the health of Auston Matthews and...
First look at the Maple Leafs’ training-camp lines: McKenna joins Tavares-Nylander, Roslovic with Matthews...
Our first meaningful clues about Jim Hiller’s vision for the Maple Leafs' opening night lineup arrived with the first practice of camp on Thursday...
Leafs Notebook – December 8
There is a well-known saying among hockey executives that goes, “Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don’t make.”
When Brendan Shanahan was hired...
Leafs Notebook – January 5
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