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7 Cool Things About Auston Matthews

The Toronto Maple Leafs have their 29-year-old centre, captain, and cornerstone Auston Matthews locked in for two more years after signing a four-year contract extension worth $53 million with an…

Leafs’ Gavin McKenna offers 1st impressions of playing with William Nylander, John Tavares

Gavin McKenna is the most compelling player at training camp, as media and fans alike were waiting to see what his initial deployment would look like. McKenna was paired with John Tavares and William Nylander during the first on-ice session of Toronto Maple Leafs’ training camp, and spoke to reporters about his first official NHL…

First Practice Report of 2026-2027

With no time to spare, the split between the team and the minor-leaguers is immediate. Courtesy of Kevin McGran on Twitter, the full list of practice groups and their numbers! As expected Morgan Rielly is not participating yet. Nick Blankenburg comes in on the team group. Ben Danford is also on the team roster, while Tinus Luc Koblar is on the other roster. Both games this Saturday are at 7 pm, one on TSN, one on SN. Which will have which team is yet unknown. Lines from the team group from Dav...

Montreal Canadiens lines at practice: Kreider on the top line

The first skate to touch the ice at the CN Sports Complex in Brossard on Thursday morning was unsurprisingly Lane Hutson. Also unsurprisingly, Group A had what is expected to be the team’s top two lines along with Hutson. The Groups for the first day seem to give an indication of how the team will line up for pre-season games. On Saturday, two groups will play the Toronto Maple Leafs, one in Montreal and one in Toronto. Habs camp groups pic.twitter.com/QGeO7FqQqF — Eric Engel...

Maple Leafs GM Shuts Down Matthew Knies Trade Rumors

Matthew Knies was almost traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs last season, but new general manager John Chayka made one thing very clear at media day yesterday, the Knies trade talks were something Brad Treliving was a part of, and Chayka has no interest in carrying on the conversation. Trade talks blew up this summer surrounding Knies, after someone leaked the fact Treliving almost traded the 23-year-old power forward to the Montreal Canadiens for a package full of prospects and draft picks. It ...

Maple Leafs Reveal How Close They Really Came To Trading Morgan Rielly

For most of the summer, it felt like a question of when, not if, Morgan Rielly would be traded out of Toronto.  According to the man who would have made that call, it was never really close at all. Chayka Says It Was Never Close Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka told The Athletic's Jonas Siegel and Chris Johnston that Toronto never had anything resembling a serious offer for its longest-tenured player.  "At no point did we ever have what I would characterize as a serious trad...

Maple Leafs star Gavin McKenna reveals how he views Toronto pressure

Gavin McKenna is not treating the Toronto market as something to survive. Speaking to reporters at Maple Leafs training camp, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft was asked how he plans to navigate expectations in a city that will not give him the long rebuild runway most top picks receive. “I […] The post Maple Leafs star Gavin McKenna reveals how he views Toronto pressure appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Maple Leafs announce 73-man 2026 training camp roster

Ahead of Thursday’s first on-ice session, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced their 73-man training camp roster. Auston Matthews, Gavin McKenna, John Tavares and William Nylander headline the 41 forwards invited to camp, while new acquisition Darren Raddysh is the cornerstone of the new-look defence corps. 25 defencemen are heading to training camp, while Sergei Bobrovsky is…

Maple Leafs’ McKenna Era Kicks Off with Training Camp Opening

TORONTO — Three months after hearing his name called on the draft floor at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center, after being ushered into the Toronto Maple Leafs fraternity by none other than Stratford, Ont.’s Justin Bieber, Gavin McKenna’s next chapter officially got underway Wednesday as his new club opened its 2026 training camp. The 18-year-old arrives in Toronto amid an off-season of sweeping change, his Maple Leafs approaching the 2026-27 campaign with a new front office pulling the strings, a new h...

Maple Leafs’ Knies Praises McKenna’s Maturity Ahead of NHL Season

Matthew Knies knows a little bit about what Gavin McKenna’s about to face as the 2026-27 NHL season is getting set to kick off. Though not a No. 1 overall pick, as he was taken 57th overall in 2021, Knies understands what it’s like to be the hot, exciting prospect suiting up for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and what that entails. “I think it’s a big market to step into and it might be a little bit big at times, a little bit overwhelming, but I think he’s handled everything really maturely,” Knies ...

Former Falcon Dalton Norris Inks Pro Deal With ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Former Bowling Green hockey defenseman Dalton Norris signed a professional contract, joining the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones for the upcoming 2026-27 season, an affiliate of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs. The contract marks the first pro deal of Norris’ career. “Dalton Norris was the anchor of our team and the definition of what it means to be a captain,” said head Bowling Green hockey coach Dennis Williams. “He led by example every single day — not only on the ice, but in...