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Report: Maple Leafs hire Andy O’Brien to lead Sport Performance department
John Chayka continues to overhaul the Toronto Maple Leafs front office. According to multiple reports, the Leafs general manager is bringing in long-time trainer of Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon, Andy O’Brien to lead the team’s Sport Performance department. Toronto Sun’s Steve Simmons was first to report the news, with The Athletic’s Chris Johnston piggy-backing…
Role certainty and the 2-year plan for Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka did an excellent job during his first free agency window with the team, with role certainty and delineation at the forefront. There was a clear emphasis on becoming quicker, more agile, and better suited for the modern game in each of his moves. Chayka, Mats Sundin and the…
Wyatt Johnston discusses the ‘boost’ he receives when playing in his hometown of Toronto
For many kids who grow up playing hockey in Toronto, the dream is to eventually don a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform and represent the team they grew up rooting for. As for Wyatt Johnston, he grew up cheering on the Maple Leafs but has spent his entire four-year National Hockey League career playing for the…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: Honourable mentions
The Toronto Maple Leafs emerged from the 2026 NHL draft with more excitement surrounding their prospect pipeline than there has been in several years. Of course, injecting a first overall pick and potential franchise player into the organization is going to have that effect, but the Leafs have received high grades for the rest of…
Why Gavin McKenna and Sergei Bobrovsky are the Leafs’ most important players for 2026-27
Auston Matthews is under contract for the next two seasons, and it appears that the Toronto Maple Leafs are doing everything in their power to prove they’re still in win-now mode entering next fall. Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka was aggressive and calculated during the free agency window, while making a number of astute…
How Nick Paul will become Maple Leafs’ Swiss-army knife
Leafs Nation, get ready to see Nick Paul do a little bit of everything next season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Paul was acquired by general manager John Chayka this offseason, in a deal that saw goaltender Dennis Hildeby moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Chayka was dealing from a position of strength, using Hildeby’s…
2026 Maple Leafs TLN Prospect Rankings: Eligibles, no votes, and graduates
We’re just under two months away from the start of another NHL season, this one the first to have 84 games. Two extra regular season games of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey, doesn’t that excite you? The Leafs are somewhat unrecognizable from the Brad Treliving/Craig Berube-led team we covered here this time last year. The roster…
Contracts rising, the product declining, and more money to spend: Leaflets
There isn’t a whole lot of Toronto Maple Leafs news to talk about this week, so it’s time to look at how things affect them. It’s always about the Maple Leafs. So let’s do that. How Macklin Celebrini’s contract affects the Maple Leafs The Maple Leafs are two seasons removed from a very big contract…
Wyatt Johnston’s advice for Gavin McKenna: “Be a sponge”: Leafs Morning Take
The season opener is now just 60 short days away. We’re only a couple of months away from finding out whether this new-look Leafs team is the real deal. With that in mind, we kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by debating how Toronto stacks up against the rest of the…
The Leafs Nation’s staff roundtable: 2026 offseason review
The 2026 offseason appears to have come to an end, and the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves a much different team from the one they had at the conclusion of the prior season. Not only do they have a new GM and coach, but they have a different-looking roster headlined by the additions of Darren…
Joshua Clipperton discusses covering Gavin McKenna at World Juniors: ‘I think he’s pretty ready for it’
After a 2025-26 regular season that saw the Toronto Maple Leafs crash and burn, the club was given the gift of Gavin McKenna when they earned the right to the first overall selection during the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. McKenna joins the Maple Leafs’ organization after competing in two World Juniors, winning a Western Hockey…
Josh Clipperton gives the Leafs a 50-50 or less chance to make playoffs: Leafs Morning Take
New episode, and another big-ticket contract extension to talk about. This time, it’s Macklin Celebrini, who landed a five-year, $18.8 million extension with the San Jose Sharks. That’s where the conversation started on the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take. Naturally, we discussed what these massive contract extensions could mean for the Maple Leafs…
9 Maple Leafs appear on DailyFaceoff’s top 300 fantasy hockey player rankings
If you’re a Toronto Maple Leafs fan and you’re looking to give yourself an excuse to watch the rest of the league, fantasy hockey is about the best reason to do it. If you’re unfamiliar with fantasy hockey, it can be done on a variety of apps (ESPN or Yahoo among the most popular), and…
Why Auston Matthews can return to being a dominating force for Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs will only go as far as captain Auston Matthews will take them, and heading into next season, that could be into a deep Stanley Cup Playoff run. Matthews is the best bounce-back candidate in the league for the 2026-27 season. The Leafs captain is coming off his worst season production wise,…
Gavin McKenna discusses heavy training summer with Sharks star Macklin Celebrini
Toronto Maple Leafs first overall pick Gavin McKenna is wasting no time making sure he’s up to speed when it’s time to make his NHL debut. Speaking to David Alter of The Hockey News, McKenna discussed his offseason training so far, which has been taking place in Vancouver with San Jose Sharks star and fellow…
Maple Leafs hire Dan Palango as director of amateur scouting, add 2 more names to scouting team
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Wednesday that they have hired Dan Palango as their new director of amateur scouting. In addition to this, they also announced the hirings of Brad Rossen as vice president of research and development and JP Perpich as their new director of U.S. amateur scouting. The Maple Leafs have hired…
A look at the Maple Leafs’ 8 Wednesday games in 2025-26 in wake of NHL on Prime announcement
In the wake of the news that Sportsnet’s Hockey Night in Canada would be coming to an end, it was announced on Tuesday that Prime Video and Sportsnet have come to an agreement to sublicense NHL broadcasting rights in Canada until 2038. The two announcements aren’t necessarily correlated, but it’s worth noting given the success…
7 former Maple Leafs remain unsigned after a month of NHL free agency
It’s been nearly four weeks since free agency opened in the National Hockey League, and seven former members of the Toronto Maple Leafs remain unsigned. It would have been eight former Leafs had David Kampf not opted to sign a one-year deal with HC Litvinov of the Extra-League in Czechia. But for the other seven…
Why Auston Matthews has the most to prove in 2026-27: Leafs Morning Take
T-minus 63 days until the Maple Leafs’ season opener. That said, there’s no question we’ve officially hit the dog days of summer. In the NHL world, that usually means league personnel are on vacation, so don’t expect much in the way of news or activity. With that in mind, we kicked off the latest summer…
Neil Glasberg outlines exhaustive search Maple Leafs conducted before hiring GM John Chayka
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new man in charge as GM in John Chayka, and that was made possible by the search firm they hired which was headed by Neil Glasberg. After they let go of Brad Treliving in the midst of a disastrous 2025-26 season, Keith Pelley and the Leafs opted to go…
Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman believe Auston Matthews will be ideal mentor to Gavin McKenna
Gavin McKenna will enter the NHL as one of the most hyped prospects in recent memory. It’s rare territory to be in, but a few players that have been in his shoes weighed in on what lies ahead for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ rookie. Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman hosted his annual golf tournament, the…
3 interesting waiver candidates Maple Leafs should show interest in this season
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be returning to action in 2026-27 with a completely new look relative to last season, both on and off the ice. They have a new general manager in John Chayka, a new head coach in Jim Hiller, a franchise legend in the front office in Mats Sundin, and Daniel Alfredsson…
Whether it’s deliberate or not, the Passion is back with the 2026-27 Leafs
Now that the free agency window has effectively closed, we can evaluate the Toronto Maple Leafs’ offseason in earnest. And there’s lots to like from John Chayka’s summer haul, along with a series of personnel decisions we disagreed with. Chayka has clearly delineated top-six and bottom-six forward roles, while the defence corps looks to be…
Around the NHL: Trade talks heating up on Blue Jackets’ Marchenko, Tortorella searching for new gig
Welcome back to another Monday edition of Around the NHL. The offseason is creeping into August, training camps are just around the corner, vacations are starting to wind down, and on-ice training will be picking up in a major way these next few weeks. There’s still be plenty of trade chatter going on throughout the…
Around the NHL: Toews may sign 1-day contract with Blackhawks, Ducks’ Klepov signs ELC
Welcome to another summer edition of Around the NHL. The news cycle may have slowed down considerably, but we have you covered on the latest news across the league. Jonathan Toews may sign 1-day contract with Blackhawks It’s reunion season in the Windy City, as Patrick Kane signed a two-year pact to re-join the Chicago…
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