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Can Gavin McKenna Survive Toronto’s Outrageous Expectations?

Hype around top draft picks is impossible to escape. Hockey markets are rabid, and Canadian markets are something else entirely. Going first overall is special, but it comes with a mountain of pressure — especially in a league where projecting teenagers is notoriously difficult.

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Why Maple Leafs’ Depth Money Changes Their Trade Deadline

Here’s the part most people skip when they talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ roster: the stars get all the headlines, but the real story for trade talk is the money sitting in the middle of the lineup.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / September 14

Maple Leafs Training Camp Battles, Part 1: The Top-Six Openings, 3C Spot, and Checking-Line Decisions

The rookie tournament is over, training camp starts this week, and by the weekend, the Maple Leafs will be playing their first preseason games. NHL hockey isn’t fully back, but we’re just about there.

Ben Danford News / Professor Press Box / September 14

Maybe the Maple Leafs’ Ben Danford Bet Was Smarter Than It Looked

Not long ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Ben Danford 31st overall. At the time, it looked like one of those draft choices that required some explaining.

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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?"

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Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

How the new Maple Leafs are embracing familiarity amid summer of radical change

It’s been a summer of radical change for the Toronto Maple Leafs at all levels of the organization. There’s a new management regime in town, led by franchise legend Mats Sundin and 37-year-old general manager John Chayka.

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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.

Sergei Bobrovsky News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

Nick Paul is thrilled to be on the same team as Sergei Bobrovsky after years as Battle of Florida rivals

Outside of Gavin McKenna, Nick Paul was probably the most unexpected signing of the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ offseason. While there were rumours connecting the Maple Leafs to both Darren Raddysh (Paul’s Lightning teammate) and former Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, the trade for Paul came out of left field.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

Leafs’ Sergei Bobrovsky can’t wait to play with Auston Matthews, join the hockey capital of the world

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has accomplished everything one could possibly achieve in the NHL, but he’s still motivated at 37 to return to career-best form.

Emil Andrae News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

Emil Andrae discusses experience of being traded for the first time in his career: ‘I couldn’t be more excited to be here’

Emil Andrae is excited to seize an opportunity with the Toronto Maple Leafs that he likely wasn’t going to get with his old team. The Maple Leafs acquired Andrae, a 24-year-old 5-foot-9 puck-moving defenceman, from the Philadelphia Flyers in June as part of a deal that sent goaltender Joseph Woll back the other way.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / September 14

Insider Certain Maple Leafs Blockbuster Trade Was 'Guaranteed' — It Wasn’t

TSN’s hockey insider Darren Dreger was recently a guest on First Up 1050 and offered an interesting take on a rumored blockbuster trade that he believed got extremely close for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Gavin Mckenna News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

Leafs legend Wendel Clark offers rave review of Gavin McKenna’s skillset: ‘He’s such a smart player’

The pressures of being selected first overall, no matter what sport, bring a level of expectations that are often hard to match. For Gavin McKenna, he

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / September 14

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Borgesi, Blankenburg, Andrae & a Smaller Defence?

A theme has developed around the Toronto Maple Leafs this past week: small defencemen. That isn’t the first phrase that comes to mind when looking at the kind of blue line general manager John Chayka appears to be building in Toronto.

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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.

Auston Matthews News / NHL Trade Talk / September 14

How Invested Really Is Auston Matthews in the Maple Leafs?

One of the things Toronto Maple Leafs fans are going to be watching very closely this season is whether Auston Matthews has truly bought into what John Chayka is building in Toronto.

John Chayka News / Editor In Leaf / September 14

John Chayka just said exactly what Maple Leafs fans wanted to hear

The new Toronto Maple Leafs season comes with a whole lot of interest. It always does, but this season feels different and it has now started with new general manager John Chayka saying the perfect thing at the perfect moment.

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Anthony Stolarz News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

What does a successful 2026-27 season look like for Anthony Stolarz?

Anthony Stolarz is a huge part of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and heading into this season, he’ll be one of the many bounce-back candidates around the league.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / September 14

Seven Maple Leafs standouts at the 2026 Prospect Challenge

Toronto Maple Leafs hockey is finally back, as the annual Prospect Challenge took place in Gatineau, Quebec. The Maple Leafs’ prospects took on the Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets, losing 4-3 to the Senators in overtime in the first game and winning 6-4 in the second game against the Jets.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Pension Plan Puppets / September 14

2026 T25U25: Matthew Knies and Easton Cowan are #2 and #3

I'm breaking the traditional format today, not because there was a tie vote, but because I believe these two players are much closer than the wider opinion would have it.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

How the Maple Leafs climbed out of the mess they created in 2025-26

On March 9th, the Toronto Maple Leafs were in complete disarray that was entirely of their own making. The team was in a nosedive towards the bottom of the standings, their GM had not made a trade in months, their coach was questioning their players’ heart, and their CEO was making excuses for why the season had been a disaster.

NHL News / TheLeafsnation / September 14

5 Maple Leafs standouts from the 2026 Prospects Challenge

We’re now officially heading into training camp, as the Toronto Maple Leafs completed their 2026 Prospects Challenge on Sunday with a 6-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Professor Press Box / September 13

The Tavares Family Is Giving McKenna What Money Can’t Buy

There’s something easy to miss in the story about John Tavares taking Gavin McKenna into his home. Everybody talks about what Tavares can give the Maple Leafs’ new No.

Connor McDavid News / NHL Trade Talk / September 13

Why McDavid Won’t Be Coming to the Maple Leafs

Every single year, without fail, the same rumour crawls back out of hibernation. Connor McDavid to the Toronto Maple Leafs. It happens like clockwork before every new season, and honestly, the comment section on a recent piece about it did a better job dismantling the whole idea than most actual trade columns manage.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Editor In Leaf / September 13

Latest Maple Leafs signing could mean a trade is coming

The Toronto Maple Leafs made a late-summer splash by signing defenseman Nick Blankenburg to a professional try-out (PTO). The 5-foot-9, right-handed blueliner is going to attend training camp next week and will be hoping to secure a contract out of it.

Max Domi News / Athlon Sports / September 12

Maple Leafs Confirm Max Domi Status as Concerning Update Emerges

Max Domi will remain unavailable for the Toronto Maple Leafs after complications from offseason surgery. The initial news of Domi’s surgery issues created uncertainty around the veteran forward at the start of the summer, when the 2026-27 season was still months away.

Max Domi News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 11