Maple Leafs Fans Shouldn’t Expect Gavin McKenna to Be Alex Ovechkin The Old Prof | August 28, 2026 There is nothing wrong with being excited about Gavin McKenna. The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t had a first-overall pick in a very long time, and McKenna arrives in Toronto with…
Maple Leafs Fans Need to Have Realistic Expectations for Gavin McKenna’s Rookie Season The Old Prof | August 26, 2026 Gavin McKenna is walking into some pretty massive expectations. As the first overall pick in 2026, he’s been one of the most talked-about young players for years now, and Toronto…
Maple Leafs Contract Situation Creates Opportunity for New Core Andrew Forbes | August 24, 2026 Coming off what is arguably their worst season of the Auston Matthews era, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a lot of buzz and excitement around the offseason moves. Some were…
Gavin McKenna’s “Disappointing” College Season Might Be What the Maple Leafs Needed The Old Prof | August 21, 2026 For a player who had been described as a potentially generational talent, the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ rookie Gavin McKenna‘s first season at Penn State was strangely easy to criticize. McKenna…
Gavin McKenna’s Prospect Stock Takes Surprising Turn Ahead of Rookie Season Jim Parsons | August 20, 2026 There are plenty of reasons to take issue with Corey Pronman’s latest ranking. In his Athletic column, “Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Macklin Celebrini is No.…
Gavin McKenna Changed the Maple Leafs’ Timeline—and Created a New Problem The Old Prof | August 19, 2026 This offseason, the Toronto Maple Leafs went from being a team that might be heading into another difficult season to suddenly having one of the most exciting young players in…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tavares, McKenna, Cowan & Wrong Assumptions The Old Prof | August 18, 2026 There are always a few things around the Toronto Maple Leafs that get repeated so often they eventually become accepted as fact. John Tavares is slow. Gavin McKenna has to…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Hiller & Fixing a Goal-Scoring Problem The Old Prof | August 17, 2026 There is something interesting about the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into this season. For the first time in a long time, there seems to be a little more optimism about…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Chayka, Sundin, McKenna & Now What? The Old Prof | August 14, 2026 There is a different feeling around Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into this season. After two disappointing, injury-plagued seasons and Toronto’s first missed playoffs in a decade,…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Cowan, McKenna, Groulx & a Different Top Six? The Old Prof | August 13, 2026 There is something curious happening with the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into training camp. For once, some of the more intriguing lineup questions aren’t necessarily about who Toronto needs to…
“Mitch Who?” Gavin McKenna Will Help Maple Leafs Fans Forget About Marner The Old Prof | August 13, 2026 There may not have been a more polarizing Toronto Maple Leafs player over the past decade than Mitch Marner. There also shouldn’t be much debate about his talent. We have…
Predicting Gavin McKenna’s Rookie Season With the Maple Leafs Peter Baracchini | August 13, 2026 The 2026-27 rookie class should shape up to be a great one as the race for the Calder Trophy is now on. There are a lot quality names that will…
