Get ready for a retool in Toronto. The Maple Leafs are hiring a search firm over the next two weeks to help with their general manager recruitment, and once the new GM is in place and at the helm, expect to see a series of roster changes coming this summer. The Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade and CEO Keith Pelley doesn't feel the team needs to fully rebuild, and just wants to see a re-tool on the fly. With this in mind, here's five Maple Leafs who aren't expected back ...
Brad Treliving was trying to blow up the Toronto Maple Leafs ahead of this season's trade deadline. There's been multiple reports floating around that Treliving, who's now fired, was talking with several teams around winger Matthew Knies. The Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens are two of the frontrunners, who had interest, but Treliving was working a very hard bargain. According to Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos, Treliving was asking for two first-round picks and a top prospect in return for ...
This is the game the Leafs are supposed to lose.
He's the longest-serving player on the team, but Morgan Rielly's run with the Toronto Maple Leafs may be coming to an end after the final six games of the regular season. With the team in desperate need of rebuilding their blueline, they would love to move on from the 13-year veteran. The problem is, he has a full no-move clause, and has stated on numerous occasions that he wants to stay in Toronto—the only NHL city he's ever called home. However, as noted by insider Nick Kypreos o...
St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington will be one of the NHL's top trade candidates to watch during the offseason. The 32-year-old goaltender has been the subject of trade rumors for multiple seasons now, and that carried over to this year's deadline. Because of this, let's look at three teams that could look to acquire Binnington during the summer. Edmonton Oilers Tristan Jarry's struggles since being acquired by the Oilers could very well lead to Edmonton looking to make a...
When the Minnesota Wild landed Quinn Hughes in one of the biggest trades of the season, they knew they were getting an elite defenseman. What they may not have fully expected was how quickly he would change the tone of their blue line and elevate the entire team's attack.
Hughes has long been...
How do you know if one NHL team is better than another? We used to thank that that was a relatively simple question. You could just look at the standings, and they’d tell you who was good and who wasn’t. That was kind of the standings page’s whole job. But that was before the league started handing out points for losing ( or did they ?), encouraging everyone to play for overtime during the regular season and basically making a team’s won-loss record all but useless on its own. And that’s in a ...
Keith Pelley said at his press conference on Tuesday that the next person running hockey operations in Toronto needs to be data-centric, evidence-based, and comfortable in a modern front office. Then on Wednesday, RG.org's Sergey Demidov reported that John Chayka interviewed with the Toronto Maple Leafs in February and is now considered a legitimate candidate to replace Brad Treliving. That's a name nobody was expecting.
Who Is John Chayka and Why Is He Being Considered?
Chayka...
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks, dropping the Leafs’ record to 32-31-13. On the team’s performance: We got better as the game went along. I thought that, throughout the whole game, we didn’t shoot the puck enough. We had a lot of opportunities to get more […]
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The two teams have the same number of points in the standings, but these two points mean a hell of a lot more to the Sharks in the West than they do to the Maple Leafs in the East (10:00 p.m. EST, TSN4). Game Day Quotes Jake McCabe on Macklin Celebrini’s dominance of late: I […]
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The Leafs head north in California before heading back south again to Los Angeles.
The San Jose Sharks are looking to keep that winning streak going tonight, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sharks have won three in a row, most recently beating out the Anaheim Ducks in exciting, come from behind fashion last night. But the players need to turn the page quickly and get ready to host the Maple Leafs, who are on the second part of the California road trip.
The Leafs had an emotional win in Anaheim on Monday night, beating the Ducks 5-4 in a slug fest that saw Toronto t...
Ahead of Thursday’s game in San Jose, head coach Craig Berube discussed the challenge presented by the scorching hot Macklin Celebrini, the difficulty of manufacturing emotion at this stage of a lost season, and the play of Easton Cowan down the stretch. They’re chanting MVP for Macklin Celebrini in San Jose. For you, is he […]
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The last late game of the year.
21-year old forward Cruz Lucius, whose rights were acquired by the Penguins as part of the Jake Guentzel trade, won’t be signing with Pittsburgh according to general manager Kyle Dubas on his GM Show podcast (Apple link, apologies for nothing much broad). Lucius had a star season for Arizona State this year, scoring 46 points […]
The General Manager is gone. The CEO had a long press conference covering a number of topics surrounding the franchise. And everyone in Leafs Nation is wondering whether Auston Matthews will want to stick around as the team enters a period of significant change. But what about William Nylander? The team's leading scorer has six years to run on his $92 million contract ($11.6M AAV). What are the plans for the dynamic, skilled winger? Jonas Siegel and Chris Johnston  ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are making headlines despite having a typically horrendous season, all because they have fired their general manager. Brad Treliving is out of a job after ruining that team up north for a whole lot of years (thank you for the first-round draft pick, Brad) and now the highly coveted position of running the team at the center of the hockey universe is up for grabs.
And a member of the Philadelphia Flyers front office reportedly wants it.
Flyers executive Dean Lo...
The Seattle Kraken have been trending in the wrong direction as of late. After losing seven out of their last 10 games, the Kraken are now three points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference. They are also behind the San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators, and Winnipeg Jets. If the Kraken end up missing the playoffs again, they very well could end up making some changes to their roster this offseason. Because of this, let's look at three Kraken offsea...
Brad Treliving is out as Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and the team will miss the playoffs for the first time in a decade. The search for a replacement is already underway. Pelley was unusually direct in his press conference Tuesday, laying out exactly what he wants from the next person in that chair. They need to be data-centric. They cannot use the word rebuild. And they need to come in ready to make a team with foundational pieces, Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Matthe...
Is that a pun? Maybe.
After Wednesday’s practice, head coach Craig Berube discussed Keith Pelley’s press conference and his uncertain future with the Maple Leafs. Keith Pelley said that the decision on your future will be made by the new guys in charge. How do you deal with the uncertainty, not knowing what your future will look like? Berube: I […]
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The National Hockey League’s latest vacancy for a general manager opened up Monday with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ firing of Brad Treliving. After two seasons of strong regular seasons, but more early playoff exits, and a 2025-26 campaign in which the Leafs plummeted down the NHL standings, the plug was pulled. Maple Leafs Sports and…
It was a low bar to clear for Keith Pelley in Tuesday’s press conference, but ultimately, he bricked the layup. I don’t want to speak for all Leafs fans, but I’m pretty sure most simply wanted — on top of the obvious: an acknowledgment that the season fell inexcusably short of expectations and real change […]
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The first shoe has officially dropped: General Manager Treliving was relieved of his duties on Monday. While much of the focus naturally shifts to the Maple Leafs’ search for a new head of hockey operations — and we will jump into exploring the candidates in short order — another question to ponder is just how […]
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the market for a new GM, and probably a president too. I’m offering my services. No, not for the jobs themselves. But I’m willing to act as a consultant for the interview process. Specifically, I’ve got a few questions that I’d love to see Keith Pelley and his hiring committee ask potential candidates before making a decision on who’ll lead this franchise into the future. Normally I’d charge a hefty fee to a corporate client for this sort of insight, but given th...