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The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, weren’t supposed to be champions. But once again, they’ve reminded us that hockey rarely follows the script written…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the middle of retooling their roster on the fly this summer, but as far as current players go, don't expect to see defenceman Jake McCabe traded.John Chayka has been busy trading away Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit, adding Emil Andrea, and completing a sign-and-trade for Darren Raddysh. Chayka also has the first overall pick to work with next Friday in Buffalo, and all signs are pointing to Gavin McKenna. The Leafs are going to make more moves, but McCabe's contrac...
The Toronto Maple Leafs made one of the NHL offseason’s boldest moves by acquiring defenseman Darren Raddysh from the Tampa Bay Lightning. They acquired him in a sign-and-trade with an eight-year, $68 million contract. General manager John Chayka views Raddysh…
Upgrading the blueline group is something the Philadelphia Flyers have not-so-secretly been looking to do this summer. GM Danny Briere […] The post Flyers Trade Talk: Top Pair Target Emerging in Buffalo? appeared first on Philly Hockey Now .
While the Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to gain a franchise player with the first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, the selections that follow are often the ones that can define a successful cohort or not. With the Maple Leafs selecting 69th and 85th overall, Rũdolfs Bērzkalns from the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the…
If you step back from everything going on right now, there are really only a couple of questions that matter more than the rest when it comes to the Toronto…
Darnell Nurse and Morgan Rielly entered the 2026 NHL offseason facing similar questions. Both veteran defensemen are coming off disappointing seasons, and both have become central figures in trade speculation. Despite declining production and expensive contracts, NHL insider David Pagnotta…
Not to make too much of it, but Easton Cowan handing a championship trophy to Ben Danford held all sorts of symbolism and gave Leaf Nation all kinds of reasons for hope.
Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens! We are now under one week away from the 2026 NHL Draft, where we will see the crop of prospects that will hopefully be a nice…
In the midst of their second Calder Cup celebration, Marlies GM Ryan Hardy surprised everyone by wearing Rodion Amirov’s No. 72 jersey, turning triumph into a deeply personal tribute.
While the NHL Draft is still between us and the opening of free agency, the offseason is already moving fast and furious in Toronto, where new GM John Chayka has already completed two significant transactions at the defense and goaltending positions. Before the ground shifts further, let’s jump into some free agent forward targets I […] The post Free Agents Targets for the Maple Leafs: Top-Six Wingers of Interest appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
This week, Jim Hiller was named the new head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The former Los Angeles Kings bench boss was selected from a field of reported candidates after an exhaustive month-long search. One of those candidates was longtime NHLer and Olympic medalist Joe Pavelski, who was emerged as a surprise contender in…
The Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect cupboard isn't as bare as everyone thought. Easton Cowan, Ben Danford and playoff MVP Artur Akhtyamov contributed to the Toronto Marlies' Calder Cup championship.
It has been anything but a quiet week. The Leafs have hired a coach, found a top pairing defenceman (or at worst a top four defenceman), and made an important decision in net. They are sitting on about $18.8 million of cap space for future moves, are heading into the draft on Friday, with free…
Toronto Marlies goaltender Artur Akhtyamov was named MVP of the Calder Cup playoffs, winning the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy. Toronto captured its first Calder Cup since 2018, defeating the Chicago Wolves on Friday night. Akhtyamov was in tremendous form throughout the playoffs, finishing with a 15-7-0 record, two shutouts and a .923 save percentage. He…
Whether or not any trade has been close to completion, Rickard Rakell’s name has often been in the chatter as an offseason trade possibility. That’s again this case on TSN, where Rakell comes in as a highlighted player around the league. 6. Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh – LW Rakell, 33, had 24 goals and 48 points in […]
The offseason got a jolt, though at the expense of an already uninspiring July 1, when the top blueline UFA was taken off the market via a sign-and-trade. It’s not a riveting post-Cup June just yet, but a trade every other day isn’t a bad clip as we march steadily toward the draft. Islanders News […]
The Marlies defeated the Chicago Wolves in five games to win the franchise’s first championship in eight years.
For the second time in franchise history, the Toronto Marlies are Calder Cup champions.
Wyndham Clark has made plenty of news away from the scorecard these past few weeks. A week ago, he pulled on a Jack Hughes Team USA hockey jersey on the 14th hole at the RBC Canadian Open, getting booed by the Toronto crowd the whole way to a birdie. Now, seeing his lead after 36 […] The post How did Wyndham Clark Meet His GF Emily Tanner? appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Matthew Knies’ name has been in trade talks for some time, but would John Chayka actually trade him this offseason?
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning connected on a sign-and-trade involving Darren Raddysh on Friday. The deal got close overnight and was confirmed in the morning, sending Raddysh to Toronto. After a career year, the Maple Leafs believe Raddysh can help their powerplay significantly. But did they overpay? Let’s take a look at […] The post Grading Darren Raddysh sign-and-trade between Maple Leafs, Lightning appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The biggest surprise about the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ June 16 trade with the Philadelphia Flyers wasn’t that Joseph Woll was moved. Once Anthony Stolarz established himself as the team’s starter…
The Matthew Knies trade rumors are hot and heavy around the Toronto Maple Leafs these days. That'll happen when word leaks that the team actually had a deal in place at the trade deadline to send the blossoming power forward to the Montreal Canadiens , only to be reported to the league just one minute late. But that was the previous Leafs administration that pulled off (and then botched) that trade. There's a new boss in town, and GM John Chayka now has to deal with the Knies fallout, a...
Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Chayka gambled on a puck-moving D-man by landing ex-Tampa Bay Lightning D-man Darren Raddysh and giving the 30-year-old trade protection. He acknowledged the risks but defended the choice.