The Toronto Maple Leafs opened on-ice sessions on Thursday (Sept. 18). There will be plenty of storylines and players to focus on before the puck drops on the 2025-26 season.…
Note: I want to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions made by Jim Parsons Sr. to this article. Thank you, Old Prof! For the past seven NHL seasons, the Toronto Maple…
Well, it is that time of year again. NHL training camps opened today with media availabilities, physicals, and for the final time, fitness testing. Today, NHL teams also released their…
For a franchise coming off of what was probably its best season of the past quarter-century, optimism around the Toronto Maple Leafs is hard to come by these days. Unless…
If you’ve been following the debates this offseason about the Toronto Maple Leafs, you’ve heard the same line over and over: with Mitch Marner gone, Auston Matthews no longer has…
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a much different vibe surrounding them entering the 2025-26 season. Though they once again suffered a frustrating exit in 2025 playoffs, they finally made a…
Toronto Maple Leafs fans who read The Hockey Writers are beginning to heat up their keyboards, and why wouldn’t they? With the offseason changes, new players to fit in, and…
The new season’s right around the corner, and for the Toronto Maple Leafs, things feel… different. Sure, there was one headline-grabbing move—Mitch Marner traded to the Vegas Golden Knights—but outside…
The Toronto Maple Leafs head into the 2025–26 season with plenty of storylines in play—some on the ice, others connected to the broader culture of the game. This week, those…
For the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner’s exit this summer wasn’t just another offseason move. It was the kind of shift that sends shockwaves through a franchise and its fan…