Maple Leafs Win 2026 NHL Draft Lottery at 8.5% Odds
Toronto Maple Leafs won the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery on 8.5% odds, holding the 5th-best chance in the field. The pick lands McKenna or Stenber...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
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Toronto Maple Leafs won the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery on 8.5% odds, holding the 5th-best chance in the field. The pick lands McKenna or Stenber...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
On July 1, 2026, six NHL teams will wire $63 million in lockout-proof signing bonuses to Draisaitl, McDavid, Matthews, Crosby, MacKinnon, an...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Toronto won the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery and will pick Gavin McKenna #1 on June 26. The Matthews Echo: 10 years between Toronto's last two fra...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
Friedman reports Sundin VP Ops + Chayka GM all but done deal. The Pelley Bet, 420 vs 0 stat math, and Toronto front-office reorganization in...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Bruce Cassidy publicly opened the door to coaching a Canadian NHL team in 2026. Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg ranked by real fit. Contract mat...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Elliotte Friedman named John Chayka (36) and Scott White (58) as the Toronto Maple Leafs GM finalists for 2026 - the 22-year age gap hides a...
By Mike Johnson · 13 min read
Darren Raddysh's 70-point breakout hides 2026's biggest UFA risk. The Sample-Size Tax explains why Maple Leafs should pause before signing L...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Canucks added Shane Doan to their 2026 GM search — but not as the next GM. Per Elliotte Friedman, Doan is being auditioned as part of a grou...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
Morgan Rielly trade 2026 decision: $30M commitment + full NMC through 2029-30 = The NMC Anchor. Why the new Leafs GM has to call Rielly firs...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
The Maple Leafs Andersson trade offer 2026 is finally public: Treliving offered Ben Danford plus a pick. Conroy countered with two firsts pl...
By Mike Johnson · 9 min read
The Nick Robertson trade 2026 picture: career-high 32 points in 78 games on just 12:39 of ice time per night. RFA status, prior trade reques...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Seven candidates have interviewed for the Maple Leafs GM job in 2026 — but the search was shaped by one name that isn't in the room. Here's...
By Mike Johnson · 13 min read
Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies just told Toronto they\'re staying. Full breakdown of the NMC math, the 6-year extension gamble, and why the...
By Mike Johnson · 12 min read
Elliotte Friedman reports the Maple Leafs are meeting with Mats Sundin for a hockey operations role just 24 hours after losing Sunny Mehta t...
By Mike Johnson · 8 min read
The Toronto Maple Leafs dropped from 108 points and an Atlantic Division title to 78 points and last place. A 30-point implosion triggered b...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
Matthews posted 27 goals in 60 games before a Grade 3 MCL tear ended his season. Now, with a full NMC and two years left on his $13.25M deal...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read
T.J. Hughes is the most wanted college free agent in the NHL — and every team offers the exact same deal. The Zero-Dollar Bidding War scores...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Toronto has hired five GMs since 2008. Each one represented the opposite philosophy of the last. Burke was toughness. Dubas was data. Treliv...
By Mike Johnson · 11 min read
Dougie Hamilton's $9 million cap hit makes him the hardest defenseman to trade this offseason. Our Retention Ladder framework shows how Devi...
By Mike Johnson · 14 min read
Bruce Cassidy won't coach the Maple Leafs, per TSN's Darren Dreger. His career pattern — championships in Year 1-3, locker room fractures by...
By Mike Johnson · 10 min read