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Steve Sullivan will become the 9th head coach in Toronto Marlies history, the team confirmed Thursday. Sullivan spent the 2025-26 campaign as an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he was primarily tasked with overseeing the power play. Toronto fired assistant Marc Savard in December, and Sullivan’s hiring led to a direct improvement…
This past Tuesday marked four years since the Ottawa Senators acquired Alex DeBrincat from the Chicago Blackhawks. This was done in hopes of complementing Tim Stutzle, Brady Tkachuk and Drake…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Steve Sullivan head coach of the Toronto Marlies.
It appears that the Toronto Maple Leafs are continuing their overhaul throughout the summer. Toronto parted ways with assistant general manager Darryl Metcalf, Vick Polatian of The Leafs Nation reports. Metcalf was responsible for hockey research and development, with an analytically-minded approach to the game. Metcalf’s departure has yet to be announced by the Maple…
There’s been a lot of discussion about whether the Toronto Mple Leafs have properly replaced Mitch Marner. And that’s probably the biggest question hanging over this team heading into the…
The Tampa Bay Lightning front office didn’t enter this offseason with the intention of adding another goalie to the depth chart. But when Dennis Hildeby became available, they were quick to pull the trigger.
Zero Sacks Allowed? Brunner Been There, Done That, Wants Repeat
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2025-26 regular season was pretty much a disaster from start to finish. The club finished with a 32-36-14 record, missed the playoffs for the first time in the Auston Matthews era, and, as a result, both general manager Brad Treliving and head coach Craig Berube were fired. On Wednesday, Berube joined…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made some major changes this offseason, from their coaching staff to making some changes to their player personnel, but they still seem to have one…
Trial and error will likely be the name of the game when it comes to building the Toronto Maple Leafs’ lines. There are some proven things that work on the lineup card. John Tavares works well with William Nylander. Matthew Knies and Auston Matthews will be a thing. Dakota Joshua and Teddy Blueger had career…
Last RFA re-signed.
Photo credit: Centre Bell by Ken Lund | flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 Montreal Canadiens news and notes Derek Lalonde has been brought in as an assistant coach with news that Trevor Letowski is stepping back from his duties to be closer to his family. [ Sportsnet ] Alex Newhook is bringing some Habs friends to Newfoundland for his third annual golf fundraiser this August. [ VOCM ] Ivan Demidov’s contract extension reflects the Canadiens’ team-first culture. [ The Lead Sports Medi...
New Maple Leafs associate coach Daniel Alfredsson discusses the process behind his decision to leave Ottawa and join their arch-rival’s coaching staff. Opening Statement from Daniel Alfredsson on joining the Maple Leafs’ Coaching Staff Alfredsson: Sorry, I couldn’t be there in person today. I am back home in Sweden. First of all, I want to […] The post Daniel Alfredsson on his controversial decision to leave Ottawa to join the Leafs’ coaching staff: “I knew I had to move at some point… I’d h...
Villeneuve had 23 points in 24 playoff games for the Calder Cup-winning Toronto Marlies last season.
Quarterback Zach Collaros will not play in Week 6, while Dru Brown gets the start for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Summer business is done on Day 67 of the Chayka Era
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Wednesday that they had signed defenceman William Villeneuve to a two-year extension. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed by the Leafs, but it carries an AAV of $875K according to PuckPedia. 🖊️ We’ve signed forward Ryan Tverberg & forward Jacob Quillan to one-year contracts, while defenceman…
One of the Edmonton Oilers’ head coaching candidates during this recent cycle talked about his experience on a recent podcast. On Leafs Morning Take on Wednesday, they interviewed outgoing Toronto coach Craig Berube, who was an early candidate in Edmonton’s coaching search before they eventually decided to hire Mike Babcock. He said on The Leafs…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have unveiled their 2026 NHL preseason schedule after a dramatic organizational reset following a disappointing 2025-26 campaign. The team enters the new season with a rebuilt roster, new leadership, and higher expectations after missing the Stanley…
Toronto Maple Leafs associate coach Daniel Alfredsson met with reporters over Zoom on Wednesday, to discuss his new appointment. Alfredsson joined Toronto’s coaching staff on Tuesday, where he will be joined by John Gruden and Brad Werenka. It was certainly a bit of a surprise, as Alfredsson is the greatest player in Ottawa’s history and…
Let this sink in: Daniel Alfredsson is now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. We gave our quick thoughts on that before welcoming in Craig Berube to kick off the latest edition of Leafs Morning Take. Less than two months after being fired by the Maple Leafs, Berube stopped by for an in-depth conversation….
Yesterday in Hockey History: July 7 Tomorrow in Hockey History: July 9 This date, in 1995, proved to be a very eventful one with the National Hockey League’s annual Entry…
The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ offseason has been about much more than simply changing the roster. The bigger story might be the organization trying to change how it operates. New general…
It may be worth marking July 7, 2026 in the history books: this is the day the Battle of Ontario died in earnest. It’s not a rivalry if only one side cares about it, and the disparate reactions to the Toronto Maple Leafs hiring Daniel Alfredsson as associate coach says it all. Alfredsson was appointed…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed a big part of their Stanley Cup hopes in the hands of a future Hall of Fame goaltender. When John Chayka took over as…