The Toronto Maple Leafs have opened their preseason, playing split-squad games against the Montreal Canadiens. Fans of the Maple Leafs got to see Gavin McKenna play in a game for the first time with the franchise. The team will play another split-squad contest on Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators, in their final tuneup before the […]
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LAST SEASON The Toronto Maple Leafs’ vibes weren’t quite right entering the 2025-26 season. They couldn’t be when the previous campaign ended with an embarrassing Game 7 home loss to the Florida Panthers in Round 2 of the playoffs and cemented Mitch Marner’s departure from his hometown franchise. Toronto tried to replace its star right winger in the aggregate, but it was difficult to feel enthused on paper over the idea that depth additions such as Matias Maccelli, Nicolas Roy and Dakota Joshu...
With such dramatic roster turnover, no team has a wider range of outcomes this year.
Philippe Myers is coming off a very up-and-down 2025-26 season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The lanky right-handed defenceman chipped in with just two assists in 39 games last season with the Leafs, and couldn’t take advantage of added playing time with Chris Tanev sidelined for most of the year. Heading into the 2026-27 season,…
This summer saw a lot of trade rumours surrounding the longest-tenured player on the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ active roster in Morgan Rielly. It seemed to be inevitable after he came off one of the worst statistical seasons of his career, with 36 points (11 goals and 25 assists) in 78 games and the Leafs collapsing…
The Toronto Maple Leafs reportedly considered trading Morgan Rielly this summer. The veteran defenseman has lost a step on the ice. He is not exactly a liability, as he remains an effective puck mover. But he is clearly not the player he used to be. Rielly did not move this summer. He remains with the […]
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Nick Alberga & Jay Rosehill are joined by Zack Phillips & Dan Riccio for a roundtable preview of the 2026-27 Maple Leafs season. The boys dive into the biggest questions facing Toronto, expectations for the new season, and their bold predictions. Plus, Brock Seguin, Managing Fantasy Editor at Daily Faceoff, drops by to discuss the Daily Faceoff Fantasy Draft Kit and preview the Leafs’ season from a fantasy hockey perspective. 🚨 Subscribe to Daily Faceoff Toronto on Youtube!🚨 ➡️ / @dfotoronto S...
Training camp is officially in high gear, and the familiar September hum around the Toronto Maple Leafs has returned. Following a split-squad kickoff over the weekend against Montreal, the coaching…
Pre-season game 3: Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: Sportsnet One (English), TVA Sports (French) Streaming: Sportsnet
Fresh off two split-squad wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the Canadiens have made the trip to Trois-Rivières for the Hockeyville game. This match, and the final two of the pre-season that will also be played in split-squad fashion, will be versus the Ottawa Senators.
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All we have is one game under our belts—and a meaningless exhibition game, at that—and the talk is already heating up about when Toronto Maple Leafs rookie phenom Gavin McKenna will be teaming up with captain Auston Matthews. The No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft began his professional journey by skating alongside his de facto substitute father figure, John Tavares, and William Nylander. Not a bad spot to be in your first NHL experience, by any measure. But with the skill McK...
Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews isn’t hiding his joy to have Sergei Bobrovsky on his team after years of battling him but can the accomplished netminder live up to the hype? TSN Hockey analyst Martin Biron joins Domino’s That’s Hockey to share his thoughts on how the 38-year-old goalie will do in Toronto.
After Monday’s practice, head coach Jim Hiller discussed the Morgan Rielly–Darren Raddysh pairing, the narratives surrounding Rielly entering the season, Dakota Joshua’s status, the competition for roster spots, and his early impressions of the team’s goaltending depth. Morgan Rielly is now two days into training camp, and you had him with Darren Raddysh today. What […]
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It’s safe to say the Toronto Maple Leafs officially have a logjam on the blue line heading into the 2026-27 season. While it isn’t a bad thing for the team,…
The Toronto Maple Leafs may be short-handed on opening night. Forward Dakota Joshua’s status is uncertain for the Maple Leafs’ opener against the Montreal Canadiens after suffering an unspecified injury, head coach Jim Hiller told reporters Monday. Additionally, Joshua skated with the Toronto Marlies group at Monday’s practice. He did not play in the Leafs’ split-squad games against the Canadiens on Saturday, and Hiller told reporters then that he’s “dealing with something.” Joshua, 30, tallie...
If Morgan Rielly is going to go back to being the offensive defenceman everybody knows he can be, step number one is getting him some more time in the offensive zone, in the words of new head coach Jim Hiller. Rielly participated in his first full practice with the team on Monday after missing the…
There were rumors that the veteran defenseman was going to be traded after last season.
Former NHL head coach Bruce Boudreau joins Ryan Kennedy and Michael Traikos to discuss Gavin McKenna’s pre-season debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs, what a successful season looks like for the Vancouver Canucks, and more.
Morgan Rielly is no stranger to trade rumours involving him, but they became a little too real over the summer of 2026. After one of Rielly’s worst seasons of his career, where he finished with 36 points in 78 games as the Toronto Maple Leafs sputtered and missed the playoffs, it felt increasingly real that…
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Sergei Bobrovsky is already making a significant impression inside the Toronto Maple Leafs’ locker room. Meanwhile, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Adam Fantilli remain stuck…
The Toronto Maple Leafs made lots of changes this offseason but are the changes the right ones to get them back to the playoffs?
The Toronto Maple Leafs made lots of changes this offseason but are the changes the right ones to get them back to the playoffs?
On this episode of 32 Thoughts, Kyle Bukauskas and Elliotte Friedman begin by delving into Canadiens-Maple Leafs preseason tilts. The fellas give an update on Adam Fantilli. The guys talk about whether GM’s are having a sober second thought about handing out trade protection. Kyle and Elliotte talk about the upcoming BOG’s and the looming expansion conversation. The Final Thought focuses on a potential change to our podcast. Kyle and Elliotte answer your emails and voicemails in the Thoughtlin...
2026-27 Ottawa Senators Game Coverage The road to 103-2-0 begins today! (Because you know they’re losing twice to Chicago.) Remember, folks. It’s preseason, so the results don’t matter. Unless they win, of course. The Ottawa Senators are in Trois-Rivières, Québec, this year’s Kraft Hockeyville, for their first preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens, who have already swept a split-squad series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. There aren’t a ton of roster spots up for grabs, b...
There were a few key changes during Monday morning’s training camp session, as Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly was paired with Darren Raddysh at practice. Rielly was listed with a ‘viral condition’ but is working his way back into shape, and is expected to be ready for the season opener against the Montreal Canadiens…
Last season, Fedoseyev was in his draft year and bounced around all three levels of Russia’s top hockey leagues: the MHL junior level, the VHL tweener league, and the KHL as the top pro level. For the most part, though, he moved between the MHL and VHL. I was curious to see what level he’d both wind up starting this season but also where he’d play most of his games by the end of the year. STATS AND CONTEXT Position: Right-shot defenseman League(s): KHL Height: 6’1″ Weight: 181 lbs Birthdate: N...