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New Maple Leafs strength coach Andy O’Brien raves about Sergei Bobrovsky’s training regimen
New Toronto Maple Leafs sport performance head Andy O’Brien believes that Sergei Bobrovsky’s biological age is younger than his chronological age due to the care he takes of his body. In an appearance on TSN 1050’s First Up, O’Brien was asked about Bobrovsky, to which he raved about his training regimen and how he compares…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #17 Cooper Williams
The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of six TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking. We have tightened up the criteria for said rankings this year, implementing a U23 rule for skaters and a U25 rule for goaltenders. We are also using the…
Former NHL defenceman Erik Johnson gives Maple Leafs’ strength coach Andy O’Brien ringing endorsement
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a lot of hires over the past few months, which is standard when you undergo a front office overhaul. The general manager will always want to fill out an office with his own handpicked hires, and while some of these, like the addition of Judd Brackett as assistant general manager,…
Teddy Blueger is excited to feel the passion of Leafs Nation
Teddy Blueger is ready for the bright lights of Toronto. Blueger signed a two-year deal, worth $2.5 million AAV this summer to become a Maple Leaf, and the tension, and pressure of the market was one of the more appealing aspects of signing in Toronto. Blueger’s currently skating with several NHL and NCAA players in…
Newfound bottom-six depth puts pressure on Domi, Lorentz, & Joshua
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a much deeper team heading into next season and seeing how the internal competition plays out for their forward group is going to be one of the major storylines to following at training camp. General manager John Chayka has done a fantastic job creating more depth on the Maple Leafs,…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #18 Juuso Ainasto
The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of six TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking. Rather than hard and fast limits on age or NHL games played to determine “prospect” eligibility, our group decided on a more nuanced approach to include any reasonably…
There’s no room for Semyon Der-Arguchintsev in Toronto: Leafs Morning Take
T-minus 55 days until the start of the 2026-27 regular season. At last, we’ve reached the dog days of summer as I checked in from Miami. We kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by dissecting where the Leafs are at, and what else we expected before the start of training camp….
NHL Notebook: Quinn Hughes isn’t sold on re-signing with Minnesota Wild
Welcome back to a mid-week edition of NHL Notebook, and for this segment, things are getting Wild in Minnesota. General manager Bill Guerin made a very bold trade last season, sending a loaded four-piece package to the Vancouver Canucks for defenceman Quinn Hughes. At the time, Hughes had just two years left on his contract,…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #19 Landon Sim
Landon Sim was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the sixth round of the 2022 draft, and after he was unable to secure an entry-level contract with the Blues, he has scratched and clawed his way to a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Now, his sights are set on carving out an NHL…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #20 Nick Moldenhauer
The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of six TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking. Rather than hard and fast limits on age or NHL games played to determine “prospect” eligibility, our group decided on a more nuanced approach to include any reasonably…
Maple Leafs’ Jack Roslovic believes Toronto was ‘right fit’ for him in free agency
National Hockey League free agency can be a restless time as players look to secure contracts that will set them up for the foreseeable future. In Jack Roslovic’s case, he became a free agent for the third straight year on July 1 before signing a two-year, $8-million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After having…
Report: Former prospect Semyon Der-Arguchintsev still keen on returning to Maple Leafs
Former prospect Semyon Der-Arguchintsev is reportedly still keen on returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to his agent Shumi Babaev. Der-Arguchintsev recently had his KHL rights traded by Dynamo Moscow to the Admiral Vladivostok for Pavel Shen, but that has not dispelled his desire to make his way back to North America. Babaev was…
Jack Roslovic is excited to play with Auston Matthews again: Leafs Morning Take
August is here, which means NHL hockey is officially on the horizon. We’re now just 57 days away from the Maple Leafs’ season opener. We kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by breaking down Toronto’s hiring of Andy O’Brien, Sidney Crosby’s long-time trainer, as the club’s new strength and conditioning coach….
Around the NHL: Laine, Tarasenko, Bunting searching for new contracts, Blues rejecting significant trade offers
Welcome back to another edition of Around the NHL. The calendar has flipped to August, we’re just over a month before training camps open, as we’ve entered the dog days of summer. The transactions across the league have slowed down tremendously. However, there’s still plenty of talented free agents left unsigned, and we’ll have to…
Report: Maple Leafs hire Andy O’Brien to lead Sport Performance department
John Chayka continues to overhaul the Toronto Maple Leafs front office. According to multiple reports, the Leafs general manager is bringing in long-time trainer of Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon, Andy O’Brien to lead the team’s Sport Performance department. Toronto Sun’s Steve Simmons was first to report the news, with The Athletic’s Chris Johnston piggy-backing…
Role certainty and the 2-year plan for Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka did an excellent job during his first free agency window with the team, with role certainty and delineation at the forefront. There was a clear emphasis on becoming quicker, more agile, and better suited for the modern game in each of his moves. Chayka, Mats Sundin and the…
Wyatt Johnston discusses the ‘boost’ he receives when playing in his hometown of Toronto
For many kids who grow up playing hockey in Toronto, the dream is to eventually don a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform and represent the team they grew up rooting for. As for Wyatt Johnston, he grew up cheering on the Maple Leafs but has spent his entire four-year National Hockey League career playing for the…
2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: Honourable mentions
The Toronto Maple Leafs emerged from the 2026 NHL draft with more excitement surrounding their prospect pipeline than there has been in several years. Of course, injecting a first overall pick and potential franchise player into the organization is going to have that effect, but the Leafs have received high grades for the rest of…
Why Gavin McKenna and Sergei Bobrovsky are the Leafs’ most important players for 2026-27
Auston Matthews is under contract for the next two seasons, and it appears that the Toronto Maple Leafs are doing everything in their power to prove they’re still in win-now mode entering next fall. Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka was aggressive and calculated during the free agency window, while making a number of astute…
How Nick Paul will become Maple Leafs’ Swiss-army knife
Leafs Nation, get ready to see Nick Paul do a little bit of everything next season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Paul was acquired by general manager John Chayka this offseason, in a deal that saw goaltender Dennis Hildeby moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Chayka was dealing from a position of strength, using Hildeby’s…
2026 Maple Leafs TLN Prospect Rankings: Eligibles, no votes, and graduates
We’re just under two months away from the start of another NHL season, this one the first to have 84 games. Two extra regular season games of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey, doesn’t that excite you? The Leafs are somewhat unrecognizable from the Brad Treliving/Craig Berube-led team we covered here this time last year. The roster…
Contracts rising, the product declining, and more money to spend: Leaflets
There isn’t a whole lot of Toronto Maple Leafs news to talk about this week, so it’s time to look at how things affect them. It’s always about the Maple Leafs. So let’s do that. How Macklin Celebrini’s contract affects the Maple Leafs The Maple Leafs are two seasons removed from a very big contract…
Wyatt Johnston’s advice for Gavin McKenna: “Be a sponge”: Leafs Morning Take
The season opener is now just 60 short days away. We’re only a couple of months away from finding out whether this new-look Leafs team is the real deal. With that in mind, we kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by debating how Toronto stacks up against the rest of the…
The Leafs Nation’s staff roundtable: 2026 offseason review
The 2026 offseason appears to have come to an end, and the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves a much different team from the one they had at the conclusion of the prior season. Not only do they have a new GM and coach, but they have a different-looking roster headlined by the additions of Darren…
Joshua Clipperton discusses covering Gavin McKenna at World Juniors: ‘I think he’s pretty ready for it’
After a 2025-26 regular season that saw the Toronto Maple Leafs crash and burn, the club was given the gift of Gavin McKenna when they earned the right to the first overall selection during the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. McKenna joins the Maple Leafs’ organization after competing in two World Juniors, winning a Western Hockey…
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