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Colton Sissons reflects on ‘special experience’ of joining Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking for redemption as the disappointment of the 2025-26 regular season hangs over their heads.  With a new management group in place, the Maple Leafs were aggressive in their pursuit of players who better fit the style of play the club is looking to display next season.  Between both free…

3 Maple Leafs with the most to prove at training camp

The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering the 2026-27 season with about as new-look of a team as they’ve had in the Auston Matthews era, in every facet. They have a new general manager, a new coach, a new top defenceman, a new starting goaltender, and a shiny first overall pick looking to make an immediate…

Rielly staying, Leaf milestones, and the contract limit: Leaflets

We are getting dangerously close to the time when interesting things start happening with the NHL. By next week we might even be hearing about captain’s skates and starting the conversations about which players are in the best shape of their lives. I joke, but it’s better than the absolute dead zone of August. In…

2026-27 TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings: #7 Noah Chadwick

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…

5 Maple Leafs appear on The Athletic’s best under-23 players, prospects list

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered the 2025-26 regular season with a prospect pool that left much to be desired.  Fast-forward to August 2026, largely thanks to a successful 2026 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the tune surrounding the club’s farm system has significantly changed.  In a recent article, The Athletic’s Corey Pronman ranked the best…

2026-27 TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings: #8 Miroslav Holinka

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…

Philippe Myers in tough to secure NHL minutes in Toronto next season

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a much deeper team heading into the 2026-27 season, and for veteran defenceman Philippe Myers, that means he’s going to have a very hard time making the team. Myers, 29, is entering the final season of his contract, and is coming off a very up-and-down year last season. Myers managed…

2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #9 Tyler Hopkins

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…

2026-27 TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings: #10 Luke Haymes

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…

3 Maple Leafs X-factors heading into the 2026-27 season

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a very different team heading into the 2026-27 NHL season, and it’s going to be fun to watch who breaks out as the team’s X-factors, especially early on in the year. General manager John Chayka has done a fantastic job turning this roster on its head and shaking things up,…

Around the NHL: Blue Jackets’ Werenski opens up on trade talks, Panthers’ Marchand has offseason surgery

Welcome back to another offseason edition of around the NHL. There’s plenty happening throughout the league, despite it being the middle of August, as trade talks continues, free agents are still waiting on contract offers for next season, and several players are trying to recover from offseason surgery. There’s plenty to get to this week,…

2026-27 TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings: #11 Zach Olsen

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…

How does the Maple Leafs prospect pool compare to the rest of the league?

Measuring the Toronto Maple Leafs’ prospect pool against other organizations comes down to one player, Gavin McKenna. McKenna on his own doesn’t catapult the Maple Leafs into the top prospect pools, but he safely takes Toronto out of the bottom. The line that sums the Maple Leafs’ situation best comes from Daily Faceoff’s prospect guru,…

The decision to cancel Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi is inane and foolish

It’s been a summer of national reckoning for the national broadcaster. CBC has shattered the walls between representing the country’s public interest, and governing as a cutthroat media conglomerate basking in the throes of late-stage capitalism. It was already heartbreaking when CBC couldn’t reach an agreement to air Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday, a…

Where are the gaps in the Maple Leafs’ prospect pool?

Up until the moment the final draft lottery ball was revealed, the Toronto Maple Leafs were considered to have a shallow prospect pool. There were/are needs at the high-end of almost every position, but a lot of interesting depth. That’s a fairly obvious assessment though. Every organization could use and needs more high-end talent. The…

David Carle discusses life in NHL coaching cycle as he prepares for 2026-27 NCAA season

University of Denver head coach David Carle is no stranger to the NHL coaching rumour mill. Leading the Pioneers to three national championships in the last five years, he’s helped turn the Colorado college into one of the United States’ top hockey programs. Accordingly, he’s become a top candidate for a number of open bench…

Front office changes and college free agents: Leaflets

This summer has some Brian Burke era vibes going on. Not so much the bluster but the unfulfilled promises. Morgan Rielly was going to move on. The Leafs were going to take a run at a Zach Werenski calibre trade candidate. The Gavin McKenna era lottery win meant not only fighting for a playoff spot…

Jack Roslovic cites Maple Leafs being ready to win as a reason for signing with them

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jack Roslovic cited the team being ready to win as one of the reasons why he opted to sign with them this summer during an appearance on TSN’s OverDrive on Thursday. “ A mixture of everything,” he said. “ They’ve been a team that you could say didn’t have their best year last…