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Craig Berube expects to be back as Maple Leafs head coach in 2026-27 but hasn’t been given any assurance from brass

For the first time since 2015-16, the Toronto Maple Leafs are cleaning out their lockers and meeting with the media in mid-April. In past years, they’ve been able to push it to the first week of May, or perhaps even mid-May if they excel enough to advance past the first round.

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Maple Leafs’ Bo Groulx has eyes on being a difference maker with AHL playoffs set to begin

The Toronto Maple Leafs wrapped up their 2025-26 regular season with a 3-1 loss Wednesday night in Ottawa, closing out the season with a record of 32-36-14.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / April 16

What a difference a year makes for the Maple Leafs

What a difference a year makes for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s perhaps fitting that the Maple Leafs concluded this tormenting season against the Ottawa Senators.

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Craig Berube News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / April 15

Craig Berube on the end of a taxing season as Leafs coach: “We tried to do a lot of different things this year… It didn’t work out”

Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators in the final game of the 2025-26 regular season. Concluding thoughts on the 2025-26 season: It’s disappointing, the season.

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The 25 greatest rookie seasons in NHL history

There have been successful rookie seasons in NHL history, and there have been superior efforts worth celebrating time and time again. Here's our list of the 25 notable seasons from those with official rookie status, as deemed by the NHL, in reverse chronological order.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / April 15

Maple Leafs Are Running Out of Middle Ground: What’s Coming?

The Toronto Maple Leafs are sitting in a spot right now that feels pretty familiar — but also a little different this time. The season didn’t just end quietly.

NHL News / TheLeafsnation / April 15

Instant Reaction: Maple Leafs’ horror story of a season comes to a close with 3-1 loss to Senators

It’s April 15th, 2026, and the Toronto Maple Leafs closed out the final game of the season against the Ottawa Senators as the NHL playoffs are set to begin.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / April 15

Maple Leafs finish fifth last in 2025-26 season, draft lottery odds now known

All of the attention — and tension — now shifts to the May 5th draft lottery, after the 2025-26 Maple Leafs suffered one final indignity of losing to James Reimer and the Ottawa Senators in game #82, capping a truly miserable season.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Rumors / April 15

Maple Leafs Enter Final Day With Fifth-Best Odds In 2026 NHL Draft Lottery

The Toronto Maple Leafs will skate into the last day of the regular season knowing exactly where they sit in the 2026 NHL Draft lottery picture. Their late slide has pushed them into the top tier of non-playoff teams, but not into the true bottom of the table.

Craig Berube News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / April 15

Craig Berube, on the final day of the season, on what it’s meant to coach the Maple Leafs: “I love Toronto, and I love the Leafs”

Ahead of the final game of the season against the Ottawa Senators, head coach Craig Berube discussed the end of a disappointing 2025-26 Leafs season. There is a lot to dissect in the days and weeks ahead, but what is the message to the group ahead of the final regular-season game?

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Daily Faceoff / April 15

The Maple Leafs were the NHL’s most disappointing team in 2025-26

Toronto Maple Leafs fans have been treated to crushing playoff losses for most of the last decade, so maybe there’s a bit of relief that this Leafs season will come to a merciful end on Wednesday when Toronto visits the Ottawa Senators for their final game of the regular season.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / April 16

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tavares, Dubas, Marchment & Now What?

There’s something a little odd about the way this season is ending for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s certainly not meaningful in the standings. But with so many unanswered questions, the season still feels unfinished — the kind that lingers into the offseason.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / April 15

Matias Maccelli says he wants to remain with Maple Leafs beyond this season

The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 regular season didn’t go as many around the organization had planned. A season ago, the Maple Leafs took the eventual

NHL News / TheLeafsnation / April 15

Leafs lineup news: Hildeby will start, Pezzetta in for Jarnkrok, Senators rest Tkachuk, Sanderson among others

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Dennis Hildeby will start Wednesday’s game against the Ottawa Senators. Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube stated that Joseph Woll was overworked, and Hildeby will start as a result.

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Report: Keith Pelley prepared notes of potential trade returns for Maple Leafs using AI

MLSE CEO Keith Pelley reportedly presented some potential trade returns for the Toronto Maple Leafs on trade deadline day using artificial intelligence (AI), according to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / April 15

Maple Leafs hoping to land the top two free agents this summer

All that is swirling around the Toronto Maple Leafs right now is uncertainty, and that will make for a fascinating locker cleanout day on Thursday as everyone finds out the latest on where things stand heading into a pivotal offseason.

Morgan Rielly News / The Hockey Writers / April 15

Morgan Rielly opens up about future with Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to play their last game of the 2025-26 season tonight against the Ottawa Senators, which will likely kickstart even more debate about the future of the team and who is staying and who is going.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / April 15

Report Claims AI Might Have Cost Brad Treliving His Job in Toronto

Rumblings out of the Toronto Maple Leafs front office are raising eyebrows on Tuesday, as new reporting suggests MLSE president and CEO Keith Pelley took an unusually hands-on approach ahead of the March 6 trade deadline — one that may have contributed to the dismissal of general manager Brad Treliving.

Miroslav Holinka News / Professor Press Box / April 14

Can Miroslav Holinka Make the Maple Leafs Next Season?

Miroslav Holinka is one of those names you circle when you’re looking at Toronto Maple Leafs prospects. The numbers jump out at you. Thirty-seven goals and 80 points in 59 games in the WHL?

Dennis Hildeby News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 14

Toronto Maple Leafs Recall Dennis Hildeby

The revolving door of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ backup goaltender continues, with Anthony Stolarz done for the season with a lower-body injury. The Maple Leafs announced that they’ve reassigned netminder Artur Akhtyamov to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies and recalled Dennis Hildeby in his place.