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With the 2026-27 NHL season quickly approaching, let's take a look back and name the top four defensemen from each team in NHL history. A "Mount Rushmore" allows fans to identify the four most iconic players at a given position in their team's history and sparks great debate. Below, our focus will be on the […]
The Carolina Hurricanes have lifted the 2026 Stanley Cup. The Toronto Maple Leafs (and Justin Bieber) have selected Gavin McKenna No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL draft. The Ducks have matched the Flyers' gutsy offer sheet for Leo Carlsson, making him the highest-paid player in the league.
The dominant Canadian entity continues to make large-scale moves.
The Leafs took plenty of risks this summer, but luck in the lottery gave them the flexibility to do so.
Campbell earned his starting job in the NHL during his tenure with the Maple Leafs.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the buzz over the weekend involving James van Riemsdyk to the Toronto Maple Leafs amounted to nothing, but there is still talk about Morgan Rielly.…
But sometimes the biggest change a team can make isn’t adding someone new. Sometimes it’s simply getting the players they already have back on the ice. Imagine what might happen…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have spent another offseason reshaping their roster. New faces have arrived, familiar ones have moved on, and with John Chayka and Jim Hiller now leading the…
It’s been a fun NHL offseason. There have been plenty of moves across the league, but things have quieted down significantly as we enter the dog days of summer. With…
It’s been a tremendously busy offseason for the Toronto Maple Leafs, a summer where the team has revamped every level of the organization. Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka worked tirelessly through Canada Day to retool the team, acquiring Sergei Bobrovsky as the headliner from his first free agency class, while executing a sign-and-trade for…
The NHL offseason has officially slowed to a crawl. The bulk of available players have found new homes, the insiders are on summer vacation, and the news cycle has slowed to the odd tidbit here or there. We already analyzed each Maple Leafs signing one by one as they happened, but a few weeks later, […] The post After the Maple Leafs’ offseason of change, the same truth remains: The buck stops with Auston Matthews [2026 Offseason Review, Part 1] appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
As the RSN ecosystem winds down, more teams are being moved in-house with the major pro sports leagues with their local broadcasting rights. And in the NHL, that includes the reigning Stanley Cup champions. The NBA, NHL, and MLB are faced with trying to navigate an entirely new paradigm with their local broadcast rights as…
The former first round pick hangs up his goalie pads for good.
John Chayka has been a busy man since taking over for Brad Treliving in Toronto, but that doesn't mean the Maple Leafs general manager is anyone close to finished tinkering with his roster. Chayka continues to discuss multiple trade scenarios with executives around the league, and while the Matthew Knies' trade rumors have slowed down considerably, defenceman Morgan Rielly continues to be a target in trade talks, and is likely getting moved before the start of next season. Rielly has submitte...
It was a rough season across the board for the Toronto Maple Leafs but few had a tougher go than Dakota Joshua, who returned to the organization 11 years after the Maple Leafs originally drafted him. The Leafs acquired him from the Vancouver Canucks prior to the 2025-26 season with hopes that getting to play…
After eight seasons played in the NHL, former Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell announced he was retiring on Sunday. Campbell was considered to be a starting goalie in the NHL at one point until his tenure in Toronto wrecked his mental health. The lack of consistency would later define the latter part of his NHL career, as he became a journeyman, playing for the Edmonton Oilers, and eventually playing his last professional hockey in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins. ...
NHL analyst Marco D'Amico reveals why the Canadiens could revisit a Kirill Marchenko blockbuster.
John Chayka wasted little time making his mark on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Just 10 days after being hired as general manager on May 3, 2026, he dismissed head coach…
Paul Bissonnette believes Daniel Alfredsson’s decision to join the Toronto Maple Leafs is a painful moment for Ottawa Senators fans. What makes the situation more difficult to process is that it happened shortly after captain Brady Tkachuk left the organization.…
Sergei Bobrovsky and Anthony Stolarz will almost certainly open the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goaltending tandem. But by the time the season is over, another goalie may end…
The NHL offseason is funny. Sometimes the biggest stories are the trades and signings that dominate headlines. Other times, the stories that stick with fans are about people, memories, and…
It’s been more than seven years since the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jake Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings, in a trade on Jan. 28, 2019, that had fans ecstatic.…
The 2026 off-season has officially become a crawl. As is the case after the free agent frenzy on July 1, the off-season has come to a halt as player and executives enjoy their summer. Still, there have been a handful of recent signs and extensions over the last few days, including Connor Bedard. On Saturday,…
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller is going to have some big decisions to make among his forward group, and Easton Cowan, Gavin McKenna, and Jack Roslovic are going to be in the thick of it all. With Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies, William Nylander and John Tavares likely holding down four of the top-six…
Connor Bedard's latest deal highlights a trend among RFAs signing mid-term contract extensions. Is a similar-styled agreement inevitable for the remaining star RFAs?