After nearly a decade as one of the NHL’s perennial contenders, the Toronto Maple Leafs are in a transitional period following a disastrous 2025-26 season.
Marshall Rifai has been assigned to the Toronto Marlies, from the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies announced Friday. Rifai played 9:40 during his lone appearance with the Maple Leafs this season, in a 3-2 shootout victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be welcoming back their leading scorer on Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks, but it might be too late to salvage anything.
Ahead of Thursday’s game against the Seattle Kraken, the Toronto Maple Leafs have assigned defencemen Henry Thrun and Dakota Mermis to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.
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.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are making a few changes to the bottom of their defensive core ahead of a four-game roadtrip through the Pacific Division. According to a team announcement, the Maple Leafs have reassigned Henry Thrun and Dakota Mermis to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies and recalled Marshall Rifai to the NHL club.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed forward William Nylander on injured reserve retroactive to December 27th, the team announced on Monday. In a corresponding move, they have recalled 27-year-old defenceman Marshall Rifai.
The Maple Leafs placed right winger William Nylander on injured reserve Monday, according to a team announcement. The placement is retroactive to Dec. 27, so he is eligible for activation at any time.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Marshall Rifai has cleared waivers and will report to the Toronto Marlies, according to multiple sources. Rifai is working his way back from wrist surgery that has kept him sidelined for the entire season to date, and was placed on waivers on Sunday in order to report back to the American Hockey League.
The Maple Leafs placed defenseman Marshall Rifai on waivers for the purpose of assignment to AHL Toronto on Sunday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Marshall Rifai on waivers Sunday, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. On December 18, Rifai was loaned to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies on a conditioning loan.
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.
A young blueliner is getting back into action. On Thursday, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that defenseman Marshall Rifai is being assigned to the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, on a conditioning loan.
Just when the injury bug finally started to ease up on the Toronto Maple Leafs a little bit, they got hit with two more blows. First it was Dakota Mermis,
Ahead of Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, the Toronto Maple Leafs held an optional practice at the Ford Performance Centre on Friday. Marshall Rifai participated in a regular black practice jersey, indicating that he may be close to returning from a wrist injury that’s kept him out of action this season.
Hockey doesn’t wait for anyone. The preseason has barely begun, and already the Toronto Maple Leafs are dealing with injury setbacks, roster battles, and a surprising blast from the past.
We’re nearing October and subsequently, the opening night line combinations for the Toronto Maple Leafs are coming into focus. Toronto will host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, and held a practice Friday at the Ford Performance Centre.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Marshall Rifai will undergo wrist surgery after suffering an injury during Thursday’s preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens, head coach Craig Berube confirmed via TSN’s Mark Masters.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Marshall Rifai left Thursday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens after suffering an upper-body injury, and did not return.
The Maple Leafs made a pair of roster moves on Thursday morning involving Marshall Rifai and rookie winger Nikita Grebenkin ahead of their game against Anaheim.
In a preseason where Toronto Maple Leafs defensemen have been battling for a limited number of spots, one name stands out as a potential dark horse: Marshall Rifai.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens continue their preseason game and as heated as it has been, Marshall Rifai brought the fire vs. Juraj Slavkofsky.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced they’ve signed defenseman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension which kicks in for the 2025-26 season.
Hard work and determination can get anyone anywhere. Marshall Rifai, who made his NHL debut last week, is the latest example of that. Rifai joined the Marlies on an AHL deal in late March of 2022, which was a leap following his time at Harvard University, where he appeared in just 71 games.
Marshall Rifai entered the organization on a one-year AHL deal with the Toronto Marlies in 2022, but on Sunday, he moved one step closer to the ultimate goal.