#toronto-maple-leafs

#toronto-maple-leafs

The whole article is worth the read but to boil it down to the simple point projection, the most likely out come after thousands of season simulations is that the Maple Leafs will finish the year with 89 points. Within the prediction, that is tied with the Florida Panthers but because of some other potential factors, the Panthers are in that final playoff spot, and the Leafs are on the other side.

I was thinking about (a trade) for sure...I was ready for whatever could come, but nothing happened, so I'm here and I'm ready to show my best.

More than any other veteran player on the Toronto Maple Leafs, Scott Laughton needs this preseason to go well. After being a trade deadline acquisition and then failing to meet the high-end price that the Leafs paid for him, Laughton is ready to put that behind him. And he did exactly that in the first period Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens.

Step one right now is seeing what we have in camp. I know everybody's focused on that one spot, and certainly we are, but you don't know where chemistry is going to come from. You can put it on paper, but until you get on the ice and see who fits with who, you don't know....Sometimes it needs a little bit of different ingredients - whether it's a defensive presence, someone who can forecheck, create loose pucks, create space, .

The Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Ottawa Senators for the second half of a home-and-home in the preseason Tuesday night and, well, it was an embarrassing 3-2 overtime loss to the divisional rivals. Not only did the Maple Leafs lose in their own building to a Senators team that was barely half-full of NHL talent, but they did while icing almost their entire squad.

Over the full season, the Leafs finished 29th in five-on-five shot attempt share and 23rd in expected goals. They defended well - by packing the house and clearing the net - and combined with their excellent goaltending tandem, it led to a second-place ranking in five-on-five save percentage. From January onwards, when they posted the second-best points percentage in the league, the Leafs were also buoyed by the third-ranked power play.

When you look back at the last few years in Leafs Land, every single season has started with a question mark. Whether it was the possibility of Sheldon Keefe, Kyle Dubas or Brendan Shanhan's contract's expiring, contract talks with Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander or the changing of the captain from Tavares to Matthews last year, there has always been a huge question-mark leading into the season.

Henry Thrun falls under the category of newly acquired players, and also will be fighting for a spot on a blueline that already has many bodies. The Leafs traded for the 24 year-old defender in exchange for forward Ryan Reaves. Thrun is in the final year of his contract, and will be expiring as a restricted free agent at the end of the year.

Asked by @jonassiegel if adding a top-six forward is still a target, Leafs GM Treliving says, "Yeah." "It's not from a lack of trying. You're always looking to try to improve your team. I think league-wide, it was a slower summer. . . We would like to add (a top-6 F)." - David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) September 17, 2025

In comments to The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun on Monday, Crosby's agent Pat Brisson didn't just acknowledge the "reality" of trade speculation. Brisson admitted a trade is a "possibility." "I mean, I'm answering something that ... let's put it this way, it's always a possibility, you know?" Brisson said. "It's been three years they haven't made the playoffs. It all depends on how Sid is going to be and how the team is going to do.

Berube: Well, there is familiarity, right? You spend a year here, so you know the guys, and you know the organization and how things work. For sure, there is a little bit of familiarity, which helps. I am excited and ready to go. That feeling hasn't changed for me over the years. You come into camp, and you see all of the guys skating and preparing. It is a really exciting time for me.

I mean, it's hard to replace a guy like that. He's kind of a big player for us, with production, the way he played, special teams,

The best free agent still on the market is arguably Jack Roslovic and according to one NHL insider, the Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the teams that could land the forward as training camps begin to open around the league. In 81 games for the Carolina Hurricanes last season, he registered 22 goals and 17 assists for 39 points, while also having 14 hits and 10 penalty minutes.