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Gavin McKenna Changed the Maple Leafs’ Timeline—and Created a New Problem

This offseason, the Toronto Maple Leafs went from being a team that might be heading into another difficult season to suddenly having one of the most exciting young players in hockey.

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Auston Matthews Not Rated as a Top-10 Center in NHL 27

Auston Matthews had the worst season of his NHL career in 2025-26, and his NHL 27 rating is paying for it. With the new game coming out in less than a month, EA Sports revealed the ten highest-rated forwards at each position on Monday, and Matthews was notably not included in the center ranks.

John Tavares News / Professor Press Box / August 18

John Tavares Will Go Down as a Maple Leafs Great

There is something about John Tavares that I think Toronto Maple Leafs fans sometimes get wrong. They look at the $11 million contract he signed when he came to the team, then compare what he does now with what he did when he was younger, and wonder whether Toronto made a mistake.

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The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

The 'First-overall NHL Draft picks' quiz

The 'Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz

The 'Most NHL goals all-time' quiz

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 18

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tavares, McKenna, Cowan & Wrong Assumptions

There are always a few things around the Toronto Maple Leafs that get repeated so often they eventually become accepted as fact. John Tavares is slow. Gavin McKenna has to play on the top line.

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The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

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.

Luke Haymes News / TheLeafsnation / August 18

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / August 18

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.

Morgan Rielly News / Yardbarker / August 17

Former Maple Leafs defenseman calls out Toronto over Morgan Rielly situation

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the franchises most active this offseason, but they still have a pending issue to resolve ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season.

Three chaotic Metropolitan Division storylines for 2026-27 season

Rangers' one-year Braden Schneider extension raises questions

Three keys to a successful Penguins season

The ''EA NHL,'' covers since 2000' quiz

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / August 17

Who Says the Maple Leafs Need More Scoring?

In a recent post, Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff makes an interesting observation in his look at the Toronto Maple Leafs’ prospect pool. He sees Gavin McKenna as much more of a playmaker than a pure goal scorer and wonders where the next natural goal scorer is coming from.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / August 17

The Most Regretted Trades By The Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a storied franchise in the NHL, having begun life as the Toronto Hockey Club back in 1917 and being part of the Original Six era.

Joe Miller News / TheLeafsnation / August 17

DailyFaceoff lists former Maple Leafs prospect Joe Miller among intriguing NCAA free agents

Getting drafted to the NHL is one of the biggest accomplishments and milestones of any young hockey player’s career. The sad reality, though, is that getting drafted doesn’t guarantee you’ll get there.

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The defining figure for every NHL franchise

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Professor Press Box / August 17

The Maple Leafs' Future Has Arrived Again: When Will It End?

Toronto Maple Leafs fans have heard about the future for a long time. There was a time when William Nylander was the future. Then Mitch Marner was the future.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Inside The Rink / August 17

Toronto Remix Nights to Include New or Retro Jerseys

The Toronto Maple Leafs have scheduled nine ‘Remix Nights’ at Scotiabank Arena this season. They also promise to ‘go back in time with a twist,’ which has given fans a legitimate reason to wonder whether a retro-inspired jersey is coming.

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The 'NFL all-time receptions leaders' quiz

The 'Rookie passing leader by team' quiz

The '2008 Week 1 starting QBs' quiz

The 'Last 200-yard rusher by team' quiz

Morgan Rielly News / NHL Trade Talk / August 17

How the Toronto Maple Leafs could extend Morgan Rielly’s tenure

Morgan Rielly is the longest-tenured player on the Toronto Maple Leafs roster, and he could be a prime trade candidate throughout the 2026-27 season. There has been plenty of talk that Rielly submitted a list of Western Conference teams that he would accept a trade to, but he remains with the team deep into the summer.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 17

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Hiller & Fixing a Goal-Scoring Problem

There is something interesting about the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into this season. For the first time in a long time, there seems to be a little more optimism about the organization beyond the NHL roster.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / August 17

Maple Leafs Offseason Notes: Darren Raddysh’s shot, the Patrik Laine conversation, expectations for Jack Roslovic & more

With August halfway over, we’re only about a month away from the Maple Leafs’ first preseason game. It is always amazing how quickly things shift from the dog days of summer right back into the thick of hockey season.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 17

5 Maple Leafs Prospects Flying Under the Radar in 2026-27

I recently posted my top-10 Toronto Maple Leafs prospects for the upcoming 2026-27 season. The pool is much deeper now than it has been compared to previous

Patriks Plumins News / Pension Plan Puppets / August 17

2026 T25U25: Patriks Plumins is #22

Goalies, amirite? For the first time in this year's T25U25, we have to talk about a goalie. Not just a goalie, but one so young we just drafted him where he played in a league none of us probably have the slightest idea how to contextualize compared to other goalie prospects.