Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will play Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers. Ekman-Larsson suffered a lower-body injury against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday and did not return to the contest.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off a commanding 5–1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. It was the fourth game in a row where the Leafs scored on their first shot.
When a team undergoes an overhaul in the offseason and starts off their season poorly, the blame will always make its way to the team’s offseason acquisitions at some point.
Some weeks, when you are writing daily about the Toronto Maple Leafs, you feel like the story writes itself. After two wins in a row, this one has been a little different — quieter on the surface, but with a few threads tugging at the deeper fabric of the team.
It may have taken until December, but the Toronto Maple Leafs played their best game of the season, thumping the Florida Panthers 4-1. Toronto was coming off a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, a comprehensive win that may have served as a catalyst for change.
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.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Dakota Joshua put together his best game of the season against the Pittsburgh Penguins which felt like a long time coming for both him and the team.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Dakota Joshua will be returning to the lineup for Friday’s game against the Washington Capitals, after being listed as a healthy scratch for Wednesday’s win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t bring in Dakota Joshua and Matias Maccelli last summer expecting miracles, but they certainly expected something. Instead, the Leafs have burned two mid-round draft picks, almost $7 million in cap space, and half a season waiting for a spark that simply hasn’t come.
The early word out of Toronto on Wednesday morning is that the Maple Leafs plan to make Dakota Joshua a healthy scratch for their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ bottom six is about to get shaken up, as Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz look ready to slot back into the lineup. With their return, roster decisions will need to be evaluated, as head Craig Berube searches for that winning 12-man offensive combination.
It’s still early, but five games in, we’ve seen enough of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ three new faces — Dakota Joshua, Nicolas Roy, and Matias Maccelli — to get a first impression.
The first game of the season came and went, and while the result (a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens) was on the positive side of the ledger, if we’re honest, Dakota Joshua didn’t make the kind of impact the Toronto Maple Leafs were hoping for.
Dakota Joshua slotted back into the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup Saturday for more preseason action, as the team fell 4-2 to the Montreal Canadiens. The game was a first look at the pairing of Joshua and Nicolas Roy on the third line, two new adds this season who boast size and physicality for Toronto’s bottom six.
Jeff Marek raised eyebrows this week when discussing the Vancouver Canucks’ decision to move on from gritty forward Dakota Joshua, suggesting the trade “is not done yet.” The trade was both a surprise and not a shocker to many.
On Thursday, July 17, the Canucks made a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, sending winger Dakota Joshua to Toronto in exchange for a 2028 fourth-round pick.
On Thursday afternoon, the Vancouver Canucks made the difficult decision to move on from power forward Dakota Joshua. In Joshua’s short time in Vancouver, he became a fan favourite for his shattering hits and timely goals.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs traded a 2028 fourth-round pick to acquire Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks, the move didn’t make major headlines.
According to Vancouver Canucks insider Rick Dhaliwal, the team isn’t wasting time following their decision to trade Dakota Joshua to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
On Thursday, the Vancouver Canucks made the difficult decision to trade power forward Dakota Joshua to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a 2028 fourth-round pick.
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft, the clubs announced Thursday afternoon.
The Vancouver Canucks have traded forward Dakota Joshua to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a 2028 fourth-round pick. Joshua signed with the Canucks in the 2022 offseason, inking a two-year, $825,000 average annual value (AAV) contract.
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Thursday they have acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for their 2028 fourth-round pick, according to a team announcement.