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What Can Maple Leafs Fans Expect From Matthews This Season?

The Toronto Maple Leafs enter the 2025-26 season with a new look, but also many unanswered questions. After Mitch Marner moved to the Vegas Golden Knights, the front office did well to retool the roster with depth.

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Ranking the Maple Leafs prospect pool by tiers

Ranking Maple Leafs can be an emotional experience. Even the prospects are in tiers. Terrible jokes aside, it’s one thing to say Easton Cowan is the Leafs’ top prospect, but it is another thing to say what type of role he’ll fill and when he’ll actually fill it.

Mitch Marner News / The Hockey Writers / September 1

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: New Reality, Marner Fallout & Robertson’s Chance

The Toronto Maple Leafs are entering the 2025–26 season with a dramatically different look. Mitch Marner’s departure to Vegas has reshaped the roster, Brad Treliving has leaned into size and grit even further, and questions remain about how the team will generate offence when it matters.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / September 1

6 Maple Leafs Players to Watch Heading Into Training Camp

With training camp around the corner, the Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into the 2025-26 season with a number of new faces and a different mindset. It’s

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / September 1

What does a successful 2025-26 season look like for Nicolas Roy?

The Toronto Maple Leafs were able to bring back a body when they did the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on June 30th. While

Mitch Marner News / House of Hockey / August 31

Maple Leafs Analyst Rips Mitch Marner and His Agent for Possibly Lying About Why He Left Toronto

Mitch Marner's recent comments have drawn backlash from fans in Toronto, and now he's been ripped by Steve Simons for his tactic's upon leaving the Maple Leafs.

Easton Cowan News / The Hockey Writers / August 31

Maple Leafs Should Give Easton Cowan Room to Become His Own Player

When the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Easton Cowan 28th overall in 2023, the reaction was mixed. A few heads tilted. Some fans shrugged. “Why him?” was uttered.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 31

Should Toronto Stack or Spread Its Stars Across the Lineup?

Every season brings its own questions for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but this season, one dilemma stands out: Should the team stack its top line with all its biggest weapons or spread out the talent for more depth?

William Nylander News / Trade Talk Sports / August 31

What Kind of Player Is Maple Leafs William Nylander, Really?

One of the big questions facing the Toronto Maple Leafs this season is whether Auston Matthews and William Nylander should play on the same line now that Mitch Marner has been traded.

Calle Jarnkrok News / TheLeafsnation / August 31

What does a successful 2025-26 season look like for Calle Jarnkrok?

If there’s anyone on the Toronto Maple Leafs who could use a bounce-back season in 2025-26, Calle Jarnkrok tops the list. The veteran forward appeared in just 19 regular season games last year, scoring just one goal and adding six assists.

Nick Robertson News / 6IX ON ICE / August 31

Why Nick Robertson deserves a top-six spot on the Toronto Maple Leafs

There are two spots in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ top-six that aren’t filled: A winger beside Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies, and a winger beside John Tavares and William Nylander.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / August 31

Maple Leafs Linked to $68M Defenseman in Trade Rumor

The Toronto Maple Leafs may be eyeing a major blue-line upgrade. According to Howard Berger of Between the Posts, the Leafs have had preliminary conversations with the Utah Mammoth about acquiring defenseman Mikhail Sergachev.

NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / August 31

Toronto Columnist Blasts Marner for 'Planted' Story

Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons isn’t buying what Mitch Marner and his agent, Darren Ferris, are selling. In his latest piece, Simmons suggests that

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / August 31

Recapping The Leafs Nation’s top 20 Maple Leafs prospects

The countdown is complete and to the absolute shock of no one, Easton Cowan was named the Toronto Maple Leafs’ top prospect in the system. The exercise

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / August 31

Toronto Maple Leafs Milestones to Monitor in 2025-26

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a long and storied history, which is expected from a team that has been around since 1917-18. Modern-day NHLers continue to contribute in meaningful ways to all-time records, and members of the Maple Leafs are no exception.

Easton Cowan News / TheLeafsnation / August 31

What does a successful 2025-26 season look like for Easton Cowan?

With the conclusion of the 2024-25 season also comes the conclusion of Easton Cowan’s junior career. And talk about a player who got people talking. When the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Cowan in 2023, nobody knew who he was.

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Mitch Marner News / The Hockey Writers / August 30

With Marner Gone, Who Will Be Toronto’s Next Scapegoat?

Whether you fall on the side of Mitch Marner or Maple Leafs fans who think his “sob story” about player safety and an unruly Leafs Nation is hogwash, with Marner officially out of the picture, the Maple Leafs face an inevitable and familiar dilemma: who will take over the role of scapegoat?

Scott Laughton News / The Hockey Writers / August 30

Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Laughton’s Adjustment, a Stud Defenseman & a Camp Wildcard

The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into the new season with lots of questions and a little less optimism than usual. After another summer of moves aimed at building depth and stability, Toronto fans are now turning their eyes toward training camp.

Morgan Rielly News / TheLeafsnation / August 30

What does a successful 2025-26 season look like for Morgan Rielly?

If it weren’t for Mitch Marner and the way his time in Toronto ended, Morgan Rielly would easily be the most polarizing player among the Maple Leafs’ fanbase.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / 6IX ON ICE / August 30

Toronto Maple Leafs 2025–26 Season: Realistic Expectations

As we head into training camp and the 2025–26 regular season, a question many Toronto Maple Leafs fans have is: What are the team’s expectations this year?

Easton Cowan News / TheLeafsnation / August 30

2025 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #1 Easton Cowan

The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of seven TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Last Word On Sports / August 29

NHL Rumours: Star Forward Received Threats While Playing in Toronto

Welcome to NHL Rumours! Today, our rumour takes an unfortunate turn. While our rumours typically involve trades, free agency, and other aspects of the NHL world, today’s rumour is taking us off the ice.

Auston Matthews News / House of Hockey / August 29

NHL 26 Top 10 Ratings Anger Maple Leafs Fans as Auston Matthews Gets Snubbed

Auston Matthews has had some fantastic years in Toronto, but after he was snubbed of a spot on EA NHL 26's top-10 rated players, Maple Leafs fans aren't happy.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / August 27

Depth, Matthews, and the Maple Leafs’ $9.75M Trade

With Mitch Marner now in Vegas, the Toronto Maple Leafs enter the 2025-26 season with a few critical questions still unanswered. Among the biggest is who will step up offensively, replacing Marner’s 102 points.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Pro Hockey Rumors / August 24

Maple Leafs' Knies could be beneficiary of Marner move

Maple Leafs' Matthew Knies could be beneficiary of Mitch Marner move

The conversation of which forward will step up for the Toronto Maple Leafs is beginning to grow as players reconvene for training camp. Toronto lost 100-point scorer Mitch Marner to the Vegas Golden Knights, and failed find a suitable replacement on the open market.

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