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Leafs Promote Patrick O’Sullivan To Director Of NHL Development

The Toronto Maple Leafs have promoted Patrick O’Sullivan to Director of NHL Development for the 2026-27 season. O’Sullivan, a veteran of six NHL seasons, has served as a development coach in Toronto since the 2023-24 season.

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Leafs hire former NHLer Patrick O’Sullivan as director of NHL development

The Toronto Maple Leafs are promoting a local product to a larger role within their development staff. On Sunday, the Leafs announced that they are hiring Patrick O’Sullivan as their director of NHL development.

Steve Sullivan News / TheLeafsnation / August 9

Maple Leafs promote Patrick O’Sullivan to Director of NHL Development

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday that they have promoted Patrick O’Sullivan to be their Director of NHL Development. O’Sullivan joined the Leafs prior to the 2023-24 season and had been a development coach for the past three seasons before receiving his promotion.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 9

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: McKenna, Matthews & Great Expectations

The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into a season with two very different questions surrounding two very important players. Gavin McKenna is about to begin

San Jose Sharks News / Yardbarker Quizzes

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

Ben Danford News / Professor Press Box / August 9

Is the Maple Leafs' Ben Danford Developing Backwards?

Most young hockey players reach the professional level because of their offensive ability and then learn how to defend. The Maple Leafs prospect might be doing it the other way around.

NHL News / Yardbarker

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 9

Wendel Clark Was More Than Just a Maple Leafs Star

Sometimes a player’s importance to a hockey team can’t really be measured by goals and assists. Wendel Clark is a good example. If you looked only at statistics, there were players who had longer careers, scored more goals, and put up more points.

Kyle Wellwood News / Professor Press Box / August 9

Whatever Happened to Maple Leafs' Prospect Kyle Wellwood?

Every Toronto Maple Leafs fan has a few names that bring back memories of a different era. The players who arrived with expectations. The players who looked like they might become something special.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / August 9

6 Maple Leafs prospects who are playing for an entry-level contract this season

As TLN continues to count down the top organizational prospects in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ system, it’s worth pausing to flag some players with extra incentive for big years.

Easton Cowan News / TheLeafsnation / August 8

Easton Cowan joins country singer Brett Kissel on stage at show in hometown of Stathroy

Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Easton Cowan joined Canadian country singer Brett Kissel on stage at his show in Cowan’s hometown of Strathroy, Ontario on Thursday night.

Morgan Rielly News / The Hockey Writers / August 8

Did an Offer Sheet Indirectly Stop a Morgan Rielly Trade in Its Tracks?

A potential Morgan Rielly trade to Anaheim may have fallen apart due to an offer sheet that completely changed the Ducks’ overall offseason strategy. At least, that’s a logical assumption given how much a Rielly trade to Anaheim was being speculated, and then the talk just vanished.

NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / August 8

Would Logan Stanley Be an Odd Duck with the Maple Leafs?

Logan Stanley is one of those guys that, on paper, makes a lot of sense for the Toronto Maple Leafs. At 6-foot-7, he’s the kind of defenceman who can lean on people, protect space in front of the net, and generally be annoying to play against.

NHL News / Yardbarker

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.

Brandon Buhr News / Professor Press Box / August 8

Brandon Buhr: The So-Far Unknown Maple Leafs’ Prospect

Every once in a while, the Toronto Maple Leafs sign a player that’s new to you. Brandon Buhr is one of those players. He isn't a first-round pick. He isn't a name that has been showing up on the prospect lists for years.

Sergei Bobrovsky News / NHL Trade Talk / August 8

O’Brien Could Be the Key to Getting the Best Out of Bobrovsky

When you read about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ recent hire of Andy O’Brien, there’s part of you that wonders whether he was hired specifically to “take care of” Sergei Bobrovsky.

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The '2026 CFB preseason Coach's Poll' quiz

The 'NFL 1,500-yard rushers' quiz

The 'Most TDs by NFL franchise' quiz

The 'Last five-hit game by MLB team' quiz

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 8

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Drouin, O’Brien, Bobrovsky & August Questions

August is a funny month if you’re following the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unless there’s a huge surprise roaring down the tracks, the big moves have mostly been made, and the roster is starting to take shape.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / August 8

5 non-prospect Marlies who could push for NHL work in 2026-27

Injuries. They are going to happen. Probably at the worst time and to the player the Toronto Maple Leafs need the most. Call me pessimistic, but 2025-26’s disappearances of Auston Matthews, Chris Tanev, and Anthony Stolarz should have the team planning out their contingencies in advance.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Professor Press Box / August 8

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About the Maple Leafs

I've been writing about the Maple Leafs for a long time, and every once in a while I come across a little piece of team history that makes me stop and say, “I didn't know that.” That's one of the fun things about the Maple Leafs.

Brandon Duhaime News / TheLeafsnation / August 8

What Brandon Duhaime brings, and a PTO option: Leaflets

It’s Leaflets time, and as per summer tradition, I’m running on fumes when it comes to what Toronto Maple Leafs topics are worth diving into in August.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Professor Press Box / August 7

Mats Sundin, Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs' Loyalty Question

The story of Mats Sundin refusing to waive his no-trade clause in 2008 has been told so many times that it's easy to forget just how unusual the situation was.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL on ClutchPoints / August 7

Leafs’ Teddy Blueger drops high praise for Toronto after signing 2-year contract

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to rebound from a disastrous 2025-26 campaign, and the roster looks much different than the one that finished dead last in the Atlantic Division last season.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 7

Assessing The Maple Leafs New Look Bottom Six

There is perhaps no team in the NHL that overhauled its bottom-six forward group the way the Toronto Maple Leafs did this offseason. Newly hired general manager John Chayka was bold and aggressive this summer, identifying the third and fourth lines as major areas of concern and quickly conducting a lot of business in a very short period of time.