Wendel Clark Was More Than Just a Maple Leafs Star
Sometimes a player’s importance to a hockey team can’t really be measured by goals and assists. Wendel Clark is a good example. If you looked only at statistics, there were…
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Sometimes a player’s importance to a hockey team can’t really be measured by goals and assists. Wendel Clark is a good example. If you looked only at statistics, there were…
As TLN continues to count down the top organizational prospects in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ system, it’s worth pausing to flag some players with extra incentive for big years. These players will see their rights expire at the end of 2026-27, and will either re-enter the draft, test the waters of free agency, or worse…
Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Easton Cowan joined Canadian country singer Brett Kissel on stage at his show in Cowan’s hometown of Strathroy, Ontario on Thursday night. Toronto Maple Leafs player Easton Cowan surprised Brett Kissel with a Leafs jersey on stage during his concert in Strathroy, Ontario (Easton’s hometown) last night 🤩 [🎥: IG/missyk.z] pic.twitter.com/ZlxoASkoEu…
The Toronto Maple Leafs Zamboni driver, David Ayers , made a name for himself during the 2019-20 season. After the Carolina Hurricanes goalie James Reimer left the game due to an injury, and subsequently, Petr Mrazek would suffer a collision with Kyle Clifford, Ayers received a chance to change the course of the game. He'd step onto the ice midway into the second period and help deliver a win for the Carolina Hurricanes against the team he worked for. The Hurricanes won 6-3, in wha...
August is a funny month if you’re following the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unless there’s a huge surprise roaring down the tracks, the big moves have mostly been made, and the…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had quite the offseason, as general manager John Chayka has been cooking since day one on the job. The Leafs have also had some serious luck go their way, with winning the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes, and now heading into Chayka's first season at the helm, the expectations have climbed significantly. Chayka loves to wheel and deal, perhaps more than any other GM in the league, and he's already pulled off some significant trades, moving Joseph Woll, Simon Benoit, Bran...
Every now and then, a player leaves a team, and you look back and wonder whether the team ever really figured out what it had. That’s where I am with…
Towering defenceman Logan Stanley is one of the rare cases this summer where someone fumbled their bag. Stanley had chances to sign contracts early on during free agency, and held out for better options, only to find himself unsigned on August 8th. Stanley is the best defenceman left on the free-agent market, the only problem is, now he'll have to settle for someone less money wise, and term wise on his next contract. The big blueliner is coming off his best all around season, and despite a tr...
Injuries. They are going to happen. Probably at the worst time and to the player the Toronto Maple Leafs need the most. Call me pessimistic, but 2025-26’s disappearances of Auston Matthews, Chris Tanev, and Anthony Stolarz should have the team planning out their contingencies in advance. Enter the AHL veterans. Not quite “prospects” like TLN…
He finally did it.
I will fully admit that I am befuddled when it comes to what Rogers Communications is doing with its hockey broadcasts. Aside from raising prices to drive away subscribers and killing access to NHL hockey by eliminating CBC as a partner, their most recent decision to not renew Kelly Hrudey's contract seems to be another boneheaded decision from the TV network gatekeeping hockey in Canada. Hrudey worked Calgary Flames broadcasts on Sportsnet during the week before travelling to Toronto to jo...
A changing of the guard may give the Toronto Maple Leafs their best chance yet to end a Stanley Cup drought that has lasted nearly six decades. The Auston Matthews,…
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Auston Matthews and Jack Roslovic could be an interesting pairing for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. Meanwhile, the Montreal Canadiens remain patient as trade…
Barring any unforeseen trades, it’s expected that the Toronto Maple Leafs won’t be making any additional roster moves before the 2026-27 season. Despite a horrific 2025-26 campaign that saw them…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to rebound from a disastrous 2025-26 campaign, and the roster looks much different than the one that finished dead last in the Atlantic Division last season. Teddy Blueger is one of several new faces in Toronto after signing a two-year, $5 million contract on July 1, and the veteran […] The post Leafs’ Teddy Blueger drops high praise for Toronto after signing 2-year contract appeared first on ClutchPoints .
There is still a chance that these three centers could be traded this summer.
I’m not sure I’ve ever looked at a Toronto Maple Leafs season and thought there were quite this many different ways it could go. That’s partly because new general manager…
New Toronto Maple Leafs sport performance head Andy O’Brien believes that Sergei Bobrovsky’s biological age is younger than his chronological age due to the care he takes of his body. In an appearance on TSN 1050’s First Up, O’Brien was asked about Bobrovsky, to which he raved about his training regimen and how he compares…
There are some Toronto Maple Leafs free-agent signings that get remembered for what they accomplished, and others that get remembered for what went wrong. The interesting thing is that history…
The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of six TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking. We have tightened up the criteria for said rankings this year, implementing a U23 rule for skaters and a U25 rule for goaltenders. We are also using the…
The post The Daily: Data Says Red Wings Want Analytics Guy; Will Quinn Hughes Re-Sign in Minny? appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now . The NHL still has an old-school soul, but you are going to hear names you may not recognize in connection […] The post The Daily: Data Says Red Wings Want Analytics Guy; Will Quinn Hughes Re-Sign in Minny? appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now .
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a lot of hires over the past few months, which is standard when you undergo a front office overhaul. The general manager will always want to fill out an office with his own handpicked hires, and while some of these, like the addition of Judd Brackett as assistant general manager,…
He arrived in Philly as part of the return when they sent Scott Laughton to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 2025 trade deadline. Now, as a restricted free agent, Nikita Grebenkin has been re-signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on a two-year, $2.2 million extension ($1.1M AAV). OFFICIAL: We have agreed to terms with forward Nikita Grebenkin on a two-year contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $1.1M. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 6, 2026 He became an RFA this summer after the e...
Some trades dominated the headlines. Others quietly changed the course of the season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ new sport performance department has significant connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ past, present and most important players. Toronto hired Andy O’Brien as vice president of sport…