Not great news on the injury front for the Toronto Maple Leafs today before game time, and not much relief for fans hoping for a lineup change either. Craig Berube doesn’t like to overshare when it comes to injuries, and that hasn’t changed.
Barring a massive winning streak—and even that might not be enough in the Eastern Conference—the Toronto Maple Leafs appear poised to miss the playoffs for the first time in a decade.
The Toronto Maple Leafs remain without clarity on the status of goaltender Anthony Stolarz. According to several sources, head coach Craig Berube said, “Indefinite as of right now.” Meanwhile, Easton Cowan will sit for a third straight game, Berube said he’s had “conversations with him…” He added, “we won last game.
As the Toronto Maple Leafs get set to continue their season after the NHL’s three-day holiday break, they seem no closer to reuniting their excellent goaltending tandem from last season.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
In today’s NHL rumour rundown, we start off by looking at the Toronto Maple Leafs and the mystery behind Anthony Stolarz’s absence. Then, we head to the Montreal Canadiens and their recent goalie transactions.
Talking about trades has a way of pretending things are decisive. If you move the star, the room resets and the story changes. In Toronto, those ideas always feel especially tempting when a season stalls.
The holiday break is over and the Toronto Maple Leafs return to action on Saturday night when they host the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Arena. In the
There’s a particular kind of frustration that has settled in this season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The season has drifted away from them, and while a case can be made that it hasn’t yet collapsed, that’s only because the context around the team has changed.
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube believes that the recently concluded holiday break came at a good time for his team. After a road trip from hell that saw a change behind the bench, the Leafs responded with a much-needed win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday afternoon to go into Christmas feeling better about themselves.
The Toronto Marlies played three games in a row against the Belleville Senators in the past week, winning two and losing one in a wild game. The net wins against a division rival have been critical for the team to get back on track to a solid division playoff spot.
It was an eventful morning skate, following a three-day holiday hiatus, as the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Toronto added Steve Sullivan an assistant coach on Friday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs almost made it into Christmas without making a change behind the bench, but unfortunately Marc Savard fell victim to it on Monday morning.
Very few teams will be returning from the holiday break with games of more importance than the Toronto Maple Leafs. An up-and-down start to the season—to say the least—has them sitting dead last in the Atlantic Division, with plenty of work to do just to re-enter the playoff hunt.
There aren’t many bright spots on the Maple Leafs this year and perhaps getting rid of a bright spot lands on the controversial side of things, but that’s exactly what is being suggested here.
The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t have the best prospect cupboards, but one of their best is defenceman Ben Danford. He was named to Canada’s World Juniors roster and played a prominent role in last night’s tournament opener against Czechia.
With the NHL trade deadline approaching and the Roster Freeze about to conclude, speculation around the Toronto Maple Leafs will continue to grow. Contrary to what many fans might want, The Athletic's Jonas Siegel has recommended the Leafs to take an entirely different approach to the trade market.
Auston Matthews has become the main target of fan frustration as the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to stumble through a difficult 2025-26 season. With Toronto sitting at 16-15-5 and clinging to eighth place in the Atlantic Division (second last in East), criticism has intensified around the captain’s reduced scoring output.
Watch Toronto Maple Leafs fans online long enough, and you notice it: anything goes wrong and boom, the chat’s all about what happened years ago. Eventually, someone says the name.
Some wins show up cleanly in the standings, and then some wins feel like they let a team breathe again. Tuesday night’s 6–3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins was more of the second kind for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs recently fired assistant coach Marc Savard after a slow start to the season, and the team is trying to find any way to get better.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are free-falling, sitting in last place in the Atlantic Division and second last in the Eastern Conference. They get outplayed almost every night, and even when they do play well, they usually lose.
After nearly two months, the Toronto Maple Leafs are returning a solid defenseman to the lineup. The Maple Leafs announced that they’ve activated defenseman Chris Tanev from the long-term injured reserve.