It’s been a choppy start for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and no one should be surprised. New systems, new players, and a new voice behind the bench take time to settle.
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.
Nicolas Roy feels the Toronto Maple Leafs beat themselves on Saturday night in Detroit. The Leafs were up 2-0 to end the first period, thanks in large part to their depth, including Roy, who scored his first as a Leaf, and then the wheels fell off.
How many of the 46 players to score 30 or more goals in the 2024-25 NHL season can you name in six minutes?
The 2025 offseason has potential to go down as one of the most important in recent history for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The obvious elephant in the room is the Mitch Marner saga, which ended with a sign-and-trade to the Vegas Golden Knights and Nicolas Roy coming back the other way.
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.
Preseason isn’t about trophies—it’s about reading the tea leaves. And with the Toronto Maple Leafs, three names keep surfacing again and again: Morgan Rielly, Nicolas Roy, and James Reimer.
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.
Nicolas Roy is set to take the ice for the first time as a Toronto Maple Leaf on Saturday, as preseason action continues. The Quebec native will make his debut in front of a Montreal crowd as the Leafs take on the Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to navigate training camp, balancing injury management, personal leaves, and roster opportunities for their young players.
On day two of training camp, it’s becoming clear that the Toronto Maple Leafs are looking a whole lot bigger and a whole lot stronger. Two major contributors to the team’s growth, literally, are new-adds Dakota Joshua and Nicolas Roy, who are shaping up to slot in on Toronto’s third line.
For the Toronto Maple Leafs, this summer has been about DNA change, looking to get bigger, stronger, and more physical. One key addition in that respect was Nicolas Roy, picked up from the Vegas Golden Knights in the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nicolas Roy is eager to contribute to his new team in anticipation of the upcoming season. The piece that came back in the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on June 30th is far from the type of player that is headed to Vegas, but Roy can certainly bring some value to the Leafs.
It’s always important to make a strong first impression and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube appears to be enthusiastic about his team’s new additions.
Now that we’ve officially entered the month of September, that means hockey returns this month. As we slowly inch closer to the start of the 2025-26 NHL training camp, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a ton of roster decisions to make.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were able to bring back a body when they did the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on June 30th. While
The Toronto Maple Leafs were hoping they would be able to keep Mitchell Marner from walking this offseason, and could keep him around as they tried to push for their first Stanley Cup since 1967.
It’s the start of a new chapter for Nicolas Roy. On June 30, Roy was dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of the sign-and-trade that sent Mitch Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been among the NHL’s busiest teams this offseason.
Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy feels that newly acquired Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nicolas Roy has another level he can reach with his new team.
Born in Amos, Quebec—about a 5½ hour drive north of Ottawa—on February 7, 1997, 28-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nicolas Roy was a prolific goal-scorer and playmaker for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
Sometimes, it doesn’t take long for a player to win over a new fan base. In fact, sometimes all it takes is saying the right thing at the right time. In his very first media appearance as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nicolas Roy did exactly that.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the Vegas Golden Knights have acquired forward Mitch Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Shortly thereafter, Friedman shared that Marner is expected to sign an eight-year, $96M deal ($12M AAV) with the Golden Knights.
Trade talks between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights appear to be active. The centerpiece of the deal is Mitch Marner, in what might be a sign-and-trade move ahead of free agency on July 1.
Adding Marner would be enough to create one of the most dynamic offenses in the league.
Nicolas Roy was given a five-minute major and a game penalty for a cross-check to the face on Thursday, and now he's learned his suspension fate.
It’s rare that a player has a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety and doesn’t walk away with some form of a suspension. That’s why Nicolas
Nicolas Roy of the Vegas Golden Knights will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his cross-check to the face of Edmonton Oilers forward Trent Frederic.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Friday it is reviewing the Golden Knights forward’s cross-checking penalty in overtime of Thursday's Game 2 loss for a potential suspension.
Vegas Golden Knights center Nicolas Roy will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Friday night, the NHL announced on Friday afternoon.
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