Max Domi missing the start of the season isn’t the kind of news that completely changes the Toronto Maple Leafs’ plans. But it is a problem Toronto probably didn’t need.
A veteran scribe on the Toronto Maple Leafs beat pulled me aside as I was leaving the Leafs & Legends Charity Golf Classic on Monday, and offered some wisdom: Wednesday’s Media Day will be all about Auston Matthews.
There is a temptation, especially around the Toronto Maple Leafs, to make everything more complicated than it needs to be. Every signing has to mean something.
If there’s one thing that Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews would like to do, is to get back to being the elite premiere goal scorer that he has shown to be before the last few seasons.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
Chris Tanev will be back on the Toronto Maple Leafs blueline this season, and general manager John Chayka said that the defenseman was “as healthy as anybody,” while speaking at his team’s media day ahead of 2026 training camp.
Gavin McKenna is about to enter a spotlight that is brighter than what most rookies experience during their first campaign in the NHL. McKenna is entering
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller is a big fan of all the moves his team made in the offseason to bolster the lineup. Coming off a difficult season in which the Leafs collapsed to the bottom five of the NHL, it was inevitable that changes had to be made to the organization.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing a key forward to start the 2025-26 season. While speaking with reporters in Toronto Wednesday, Leafs general manager John Chayka said forward Max Domi failed his physical and will be out indefinitely.
Senior executive advisor Mats Sundin discussed the importance of building a close-knit team, the support system surrounding Gavin McKenna, and his pride in returning to the organization in a management role.
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka opened up media day at training camp with a number of different injury updates. Chayka told reporters on Wednesday that Max Domi is out for a while, following that with notes about Morgan Rielly, Chris Tanev, and William Villeneuve.
The optimism continues to rise for one of the game’s biggest stars as the new season draws near. When speaking to the media on Wednesday, Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka was asked about the health status of captain Auston Matthews heading into the 2026-27 campaign.
There is something pretty interesting about John Tavares opening his home to Gavin McKenna. Sure, it is about helping an 18-year-old kid make the jump to the NHL.
Auston Matthews’ love for the Toronto Maple Leafs remains strong. Even after an extremely disappointing season in which the Maple Leafs failed to reach the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, Matthews’ loyalty to the city of Toronto and the team remains unshaken.
To wrap up our training camp battles series, we’ll look at the Maple Leafs’ special teams, which are set for fairly significant changes. On paper, the Leafs were actually pretty good in this area last season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had a forgettable 2025-26 NHL campaign last season that saw them sink to almost the bottom of the standings by the year’s end. A lot of their disappointment had to do with some underwhelming performances by some of the Leafs’ key players.
Training camp for the Toronto Maple Leafs is about to get underway as well as the 2026-27 season. There was a slew of offseason changes for the Maple Leafs, especially on defense where the emphasis was more mobility and speed on the backend.
A funny little (no pun intended) theme is developing around the Toronto Maple Leafs this week. It’s about how they might be collecting small defencemen.
John Chayka’s recent The Athletic interview contains a genuinely interesting idea, and it’s bigger than most people give it credit for. He’s not just building a better roster in Toronto.