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Should they stay or should they go: Maple Leafs forwards

The Toronto Maple Leafs are open for business. It’s selling season (or window shopping season during the Olympic break) and the Leafs need to recoup futures,

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Maple Leafs Stuck in the Middle Between Brand and Team

Most Toronto Maple Leafs fans believe this team can’t make the playoffs and have given up for this season. But they’re not giving up on next season. As a result, they don’t want to make the team worse in the long run by trading away potential for what might amount to another failed try for the Stanley Cup with an inferior team.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Professor Press Box / February 7

Have the Maple Leafs and Their Fans Hit an Impasse?

You can feel the mood around the Toronto Maple Leafs shifting. It isn’t just another season where people grumble about the power play or line combinations.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / February 7

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: McMann, Roy, Maccelli, OEL Trades & Player Moves

The Toronto Maple Leafs are taking a breather over the Olympic break, but the chatter is already heating up for when they return to action. There’s a lot to sort out: are they buyers, sellers, or standing pat as they push for a playoff spot?

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The 'American-born NHL points leaders' quiz

How many of the 35 American-born NHL players to reach the 700-point milestone can you name in five minutes?

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The 'All-time points leader by NHL team' quiz

Easton Cowan News / The Hockey Writers / February 7

Maple Leafs’ Easton Cowan Shows Top-Line Skills With Limited Ice Time

Easton Cowan has been a bit of an enigma for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. If you followed his junior career, you’d know he was practically a one-man band, carrying his team on his back with huge performances game after game.

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The 25 best NHL teams who didn't win the Stanley Cup

In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / February 7

A Maple Leafs Fan’s Guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics

So, you’re a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, eh? It’s been a challenging season, to say the least, filled with ups and downs. More downs than ups, perhaps. Have no fear.

NHL News / 6IX ON ICE / February 7

Can the Toronto Maple Leafs really pull off a retool like last year’s Boston Bruins?

Comparing the Toronto Maple Leafs to their archrivals, the Boston Bruins? You could say it’s crazy, but it’s true. It feels, with the way the Leafs’ season

Bobby McMann News / The Hockey Writers / February 7

Maple Leafs Drawing Deadline Interest From Oilers Outside of McMann

Even after the Olympic roster freeze, the Toronto Maple Leafs continue to find themselves at the center of the trade conversation. A team they were linked to prior to the freeze, the Edmonton Oilers, have been confirmed as a team that has called.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / February 7

Olympic Hockey: Where and when to watch each Leafs Olympian’s games

The Milan Games are officially underway, and The Leafs Nation will be following along avidly. Auston Matthews, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and William Nylander are the three Toronto Maple Leafs participating in the men’s hockey tournament for their respective countries.

Dennis Hildeby News / TheLeafsnation / February 7

Maple Leafs prospect checkpoint: How has Dennis Hildeby fared through 5 months of 2025-26?

Like Easton Cowan, this will likely be Dennis Hildeby‘s final season seen as a prospect in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization. The hulking 6-foot-7 goaltender

Calle Jarnkrok News / TheLeafsnation / February 7

5 potential trade destinations for Maple Leafs’ Calle Jarnkrok

Calle Jarnkrok has fallen out of favour in Toronto, and Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving is likely to be moving the veteran winger ahead of March’s trade deadline.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / February 7

Maple Leafs can’t get by on hope and need to use their deep pockets: Leaflets

With the Olympic break now at hand, some focus is shifting away from the Toronto Maple Leafs towards hopes for Team Canada in the tournament, and while

Wayne Simmonds News / Professor Press Box / February 7

Reflecting on Racism: What Wayne Simmonds Hockey Legacy Teaches

Wayne Simmonds has been out of the NHL for two years now, but his name still carries weight. On the ice, he was one of the best NHL power forwards. But he was also a player of colour.

Jacob Quillan News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / February 6

Jacob Quillan scores in AHL return, Toronto Marlies surrender late two-goal lead in OT loss to Cleveland

“Our first five minutes of every period were not very good, but I thought we rebounded from it extremely well… I’ll give credit to [Cleveland] for not quitting and pushing us to the end… It’s a disappointment because we were up 2-0.