Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Blueline Age, Forward Depth & Toronto’s Biggest Upgrade The Old Prof | August 27, 2026 There is a different way to look at the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into this season. Much of the discussion has focused on whether new general manager John Chayka has…
The Maple Leafs Blue Line Is Built to Win Now, But There’s a Big Risk The Old Prof | August 25, 2026 There’s another interesting story hiding in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ salary numbers, and this one is sitting on the blue line. In a post last week, I took a deep…
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 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: 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: Tavares, Clarkson & Chayka’s New Contracts? The Old Prof | August 7, 2026 There are some Toronto Maple Leafs free-agent signings that get remembered for what they accomplished, and others that get remembered for what went wrong. The interesting thing is that history…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: SDA, Chayka, Matthews & Competing in the Atlantic? The Old Prof | August 5, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs have certainly changed things this summer. John Chayka has brought in more size, more depth and a collection of forwards who seem designed to give Toronto…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Fletcher, Matthews, Roslovic & Chayka’s Bigger Plan? The Old Prof | August 4, 2026 There’s something different about the way new general manager John Chayka is putting his Toronto Maple Leafs team together. It’s easy enough to look at the names coming in and…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: A New Era & Jim Hiller’s Biggest Challenges The Old Prof | August 3, 2026 What I enjoy most about August is that it gives us a chance to stop reacting to every headline and start looking at the bigger picture. The games haven’t started…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Auston Matthews, Darren Raddysh & the Team’s Philosophy The Old Prof | July 30, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs spent years betting that their stars would be enough. Now, under John Chayka, they appear to be betting on something different, building the right environment around…
John Chayka’s Moves Reveal the Maple Leafs’ Real Plan The Old Prof | July 28, 2026 One of the interesting things about watching a new general manager take over an NHL organization is that we often learn more from what he does than from what he…
4 Changes That Could Decide Whether John Chayka Saved the Maple Leafs The Old Prof | July 27, 2026 When John Chayka was hired as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, few expected the pace at which he would reshape the organization. Previous Leafs general managers often spent…
