Chris Jericho would love to work for Maple Leaf Pro. The promotion will have one of its biggest show yet in October, as they’re set to host the Northern Rising event at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. Adam Copeland is scheduled to wrestle on the show. As it turns out, Chris Jericho was in …
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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…
Three-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson had a resurgent season in 2025-26, returning to the top-10 in Norris balloting, and posting 66 points in 75 games along with a plus/minus rating of +8. But will he remain with the Pittsburgh Penguins throughout this season, as he approaches unrestricted free agency next summer? Insider Elliotte Friedman unveiled a projection on his 32 Thoughts podcast on Tuesday that Karlsson could wind up with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, according t...
Winning the rights to select Gavin McKenna first overall in the 2026 NHL Draft changed the future prospectus for the Toronto Maple Leafs almost incalculably. McKenna headlines Toronto’s revamped prospect pool, amid a summer where the Maple Leafs continued to reshape every level of the organization. Daily Faceoff’s prospect expert Steven Ellis ranked all 32…
Miles Gilbert Horton, better known as “Tim” Horton thanks to a nickname his mother gave him before giving birth, was born on Jan. 12, 1930, in Cochrane, Ontario, a mining…
There is probably no Maple Leaf who deserves more goodwill from the fan base right now than John Tavares. A year after fully embracing the decision to hand the captaincy to Auston Matthews — handling a potentially awkward situation exactly as you would expect him to — Tavares signed what immediately looked like one of […]
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The Anaheim Ducks are in a huge mess, and general manager Pat Verbeek is going to have to trade his way out of it. Expect to see the Toronto Maple Leafs involved at some point. Verbeek is dealing with a legit cap crunch, which is tough, because normally those only come after you win the Stanley Cup, or go deep into the playoffs, but Verbeek has the Philadelphia Flyers to thank. Leo Carlsson now earns $18 million AAV, and with Cutter Gauthier left without a contract for next season, Verbeek is ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to name Todd Crocker as their new radio play-by-play voice, replacing the retired Joe Bowen alongside longtime analyst Jim Ralph, according to a report from the Toronto Star’s Jonah Sigel. Bowen announced last June that the 2025-26 season would be his last, closing out a 44-year run and more…
The 2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs were a tough watch, and that’s probably the politest way I can put it. They were a defensive-minded team that couldn’t defend, led by offensive studs who couldn’t receive a breakout pass, with a stubborn head coach and a general manager that performed a disasterclass on asset management at the…
There’s an interesting thing hiding in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ salary numbers right now. Everybody looks at Auston Matthews at $13.25 million and William Nylander at $11.5 million and sees…
Michael Traikos, Ryan Kennedy, and Drew Shore discuss the expectations heading into the 2026-27 season for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets, predict the winners for some of the major NHL awards, and more
Coming off what is arguably their worst season of the Auston Matthews era, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a lot of buzz and excitement around the offseason moves. Some were…
There are still a few interesting questions hanging around the Toronto Maple Leafs as training camp gets closer. One of them is sitting on the blue line, where Toronto has…
The Toronto Maple Leafs already pulled off one Raddysh reunion this summer. There's a chance they could try and complete the set. Toronto acquired defenseman Darren Raddysh from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a sign-and-trade back in June, signing him to an eight-year, $68 million contract as part of the deal. Now the Maple Leafs are being connected to his younger brother, Taylor, a winger currently on the New York Rangers. A Wish Their Father Never Got To See Darren and Taylor grew up in Ca...
William Nylander’s 2025-26 season is a good example of why evaluating star players can’t simply begin and end with the points column. Nylander was easily the Leafs’ most productive player. He scored 30 goals and 79 points in only 65 games, putting him on a 100-point pace over a full season. He led the team […]
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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…
When it comes to the Toronto Marlies, there is no shortage of players looking to make the jump to the NHL this season and prove their worth. William Villeneuve, Jacob Quillan, Bo Groulx, and Marshall Rifai are among the Marlies that are easy to list off. When it comes to the players that have been…
Being drafted by a team doesn't ensure you suit up for that franchise. These five players learned that the hard way, but they still went on to be stars in the NHL.
The Toronto Maple Leafs enter the 2026-27 season as one of the NHL’s most improved clubs from last season. General manager John Chayka has absolutely cooked in his first few months on the job, and there’s a lot of positive momentum heading into next season. With that said, based on how last year went and…
When Troy Stecher was asked what he was looking for on the open market, his answer was wonderfully simple. “A job.” There was a smile attached to it, so there…
While no confirmation has been made by the organization, all signs have been points to Rielly being traded away from the Leafs.
Matthew Knies’ 2025-26 season was a bit of a complicated one to evaluate. On the surface, there wasn’t much to complain about. Knies set a career high with 66 points in 79 games, improving on the 58 points he recorded the season before. He did it despite losing Mitch Marner as a linemate, playing 427 […]
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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 Tampa Bay Lightning aren’t going to carry three goaltenders on the roster this season. That much we can be assured of a month out from training camp. When Julien BriseBois acquired Dennis Hildeby from the Toronto Maple Leafs, he was pretty certain that the plan was for the young Swede to backup Andrei Vasilevskiy for the 2026-27 season. The fly in the jelly, the bump in the road, the Skittle in the M&M’s is the fact that Jonas Johansson is still on the roster.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are almost a month away from kicking off their 2026-27 season after a summer of upheaval, both on and off the ice. June’s first overall pick…