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There are few surprises ahead of Tuesday’s season opener, but Zack MacEwen appears to have made the opening night roster for the Toronto Maple Leafs. MacEwen was placed on the right wing of the fourth line during Tuesday’s practice, with Brandon Duhaime on the left and Teddy Blueger at centre. There were no other major…
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is feeling good about life right now with the start of the 2026-27 campaign fast approaching. He and the team are fresh off their trip to Arizona for some bonding time and a visit to the family of Matthew Mayich. Matthews felt the guys opened up a bit more…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are back from the longest offseason they’ve had since the beginning of the Auston Matthews era. Maybe it felt that way because the Toronto Blue Jays weren’t anything worth watching this summer, but it was also quite literally the longest one. It was the first time since 2015-16 that the team…
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a smart add when they were able to get defenceman Nick Blankenburg signed to a PTO at the start of training camp. He had quietly been proving himself as a reliable third-pairing guy who can play a solid two-way game, be slotted at either side, and can be utilized on…
The New York Islanders open their 2026-27 season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night — and one of their most important players could be on the ice for Game 1. Mathew Barzal, who missed training camp while nursing an injury, will travel with his teammates and has not been ruled out for the […] The post Islanders fans will love latest Mathew Barzal injury update appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Ever since he signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 2018, John Tavares has been everything the Leafs could have asked for and more. He’s routinely floated around the 70-point mark, he served as captain for the first half of his contract, and above all else, he’s been a consummate pro the…
The preseason is winding down, and soon the Toronto Maple Leafs will have to stop being an interesting collection of new players and start being a hockey team. That’s the…
Happy opening week! The real games are finally ready to begin, and we can start finding out who this Maple Leafs team really is this season. They are an admittedly difficult team to handicap. The range of possibilities feels rather drastic. I could see them comfortably making the playoffs, and I could see them finishing […] The post Reasons for Optimism and Concern Ahead of a Wide-Open Maple Leafs Season appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Toronto's last pick of the 2026 NHL draft may wind up being the most fun player they drafted not named McKenna.
By Josh Erickson | at September 27, 2026 5:55 pm The Rangers have informed reigning fifth overall pick Alberts Smits that he’ll break camp, reports Mollie Walker of the New York Post. The 18-year-old defender is one of five 2026 draft picks still left on NHL rosters before tomorrow’s submission deadline, joining the Maple Leafs’ Gavin McKenna (#1 overall), the Sharks’ Ivar Stenberg (#2), the Jets’ Viggo Bjorck (#8), and the Ducks’ Nikita Klepov (#15). Smits was the second defender off the boar...
Training camp is winding down, the preseason tune-ups are wrapped, and management faces the harsh reality of trimming the roster down to the league-mandated 23-man limit. With regular-season hockey right…
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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens have been linked to Kirill Marchenko. Do either team have enough to land the pending RFA?
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens have been linked to Kirill Marchenko. Do either team have enough to land the pending RFA?
One-year deal.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Nick Blankenburg to a one-year contract, the team confirmed on Sunday. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed by the team, but Blankenburg reportedly signed a pact worth $1.4 million, according to PuckPedia. Blankenburg was originally signed to a professional tryout (PTO) after a breakout season split…
It seems that the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ decision to travel to Arizona instead of Muskoka for their annual team bonding trip this year carries a greater meaning than a simple change of scenery. Upon landing in the desert, the Maple Leafs paid a trip to visit Arizona State defenceman Matthew Mayich in the hospital. Mayich,…
Jim Hiller was appointed as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs on June 17, and there’s still a pressing question at hand: how will Hiller’s tactics deviate from Craig Berube’s, and how does he want his team to play, where there are renewed postseason expectations for his group? We’ll start with Hiller’s direct response,…
The week’s hottest Montreal Canadiens topics, served without the sugar-coating and with little concern for bruised feelings. With their final two pre-season games played last night, the Montreal Canadiens have officially wrapped up training camp and are now set to open the 2026-27 season Tuesday night against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. And while most […] The post Out of the Bleu, Blanc, Rouge: Montreal Canadiens & Potential appeared first on The Sick Podcast .
It may be viewed as a poisonous opinion for a Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer to hold, so consider the following a begrudgingly positive review of the 2026-27 Montreal Canadiens. The changing of the guard took place last season, and while the Canadiens were expertly dispatched by the Carolina Hurricanes, they will be back for…
The preseason doesn’t usually tell us much about what a hockey team will look like when the games start counting. Too many lineups, too many players trying to make the…
The preseason is over and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ regular season is just around the corner. While the Maple Leafs lost both games against the Montreal Canadiens, they were able…
Preseason is over, and now we await the final roster moves across the league before the real games begin. At the end of last week, we recorded a podcast where we went through each player on the NHL team. Given the timing, we didn’t get to talk about the other depth players and prospects in […] The post Beyond the Maple Leafs’ Opening Roster: Notes on the Call-Ups, Prospects, and Marlies to Watch appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
The 2026-27 NHL season is upon us, and it’s exciting times around the Toronto Maple Leafs. John Chayka had himself a stellar first offseason as general manager, significantly changing the makeup of the roster, while setting the team up to go all-in the next two seasons to try and win a Stanley Cup. Chayka’s been…
Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs practiced at Mullett Arena on a team trip to Arizona ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season. AZ natives Matthews and Matthew Knies, along with former Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Troy Stecher, spoke to the media after practice and discussed the team’s trip to the desert, NHL expansion, Arizona as an NHL market, and the team’s hospital visit to Matthew Mayich and his family. 0:00 Auston Matthews 7:29 Matthew Knies 10:35 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 14:15 Troy St...