NHL Rumors: Bolduc Trade, Tavares in Court, and Cooper to the Maple Leafs? Jim Parsons | August 19, 2026 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Zachary Bolduc wants to stay with the Montreal Canadiens but admitted he understands hockey is a business and that he could be traded. He talked…
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…
8 Maple Leafs Chasing Major Career Milestones in 2026-27 Rupert McDonald | August 15, 2026 After a disappointing 2025-26 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs are chomping at the bit to get the 2026-27 campaign underway. This team made some changes in the offseason in order…
John Tavares’ NHL Career Is Undervalued and Underrated Andrew Forbes | August 13, 2026 At one time, he was the headlining star for the New York Islanders. A coveted first overall pick in 2009, John Tavares played nine seasons with the Islanders before signing…
Ranking the Toronto Maple Leafs Captains Since 1967 Ben Fisher | August 11, 2026 In Aug. 2024, Auston Matthews officially became the 26th captain in the history of the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise, assuming the ‘C’ from John Tavares as part of a long-planned…
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…
2009 NHL Draft Top-10: Where Are They Now? Colton Pankiw | July 24, 2026 It seems crazy to think that the 2009 NHL draft class, one headlined by John Tavares, took place over a decade ago. Given how long ago it took place, it…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: McKenna, Tavares, Matthews, Berube vs. Nylander The Old Prof | July 10, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs may be weeks away from training camp, but that hasn’t slowed the conversation around the team. In fact, with the roster largely set, the debate has…
Today in Hockey History: July 1 Matthew Zator | July 1, 2026 Yesterday in Hockey History: June 30 Tomorrow in Hockey History: July 2 July 1 has been a big news day for the National Hockey League in recent years, thanks to…
Maple Leafs’ 3 Best Free Agent Signings of All-Time Spencer Lazary | June 24, 2026 *This archive was originally written in June 2023 Every offseason, NHL contenders will try to add that key piece through free agency to help their team immediately, and sometimes it…
How Did John Tavares Get Dragged Into the David Carle Maple Leafs Debate? The Old Prof | June 2, 2026 There’s a funny habit that shows up whenever a young, successful coach gets linked to a big-market NHL job like Toronto. The conversation almost immediately stops being about hockey systems,…
Blaming the Maple Leafs’ Problems on the “Core Four” Is Too Lazy The Old Prof | May 16, 2026 There’s a familiar argument that pops up whenever the Toronto Maple Leafs fall short in the playoffs: the idea that the players — the so-called “Core Four” of Auston Matthews,…
