There’s no room for Semyon Der-Arguchintsev in Toronto: Leafs Morning Take

T-minus 55 days until the start of the 2026-27 regular season. At last, we’ve reached the dog days of summer as I checked in from Miami. We kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by dissecting where the Leafs are at, and what else we expected before the start of training camp….

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2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #19 Landon Sim

Landon Sim was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the sixth round of the 2022 draft, and after he was unable to secure an entry-level contract with the Blues, he has scratched and clawed his way to a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Now, his sights are set on carving out an NHL…

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2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: #20 Nick Moldenhauer

The TLN Maple Leafs prospect rankings were compiled by a panel of six TLN writers, each ranking our top 20 prospects to form a consensus group ranking. Rather than hard and fast limits on age or NHL games played to determine “prospect” eligibility, our group decided on a more nuanced approach to include any reasonably…

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Maple Leafs’ Jack Roslovic believes Toronto was ‘right fit’ for him in free agency

National Hockey League free agency can be a restless time as players look to secure contracts that will set them up for the foreseeable future.  In Jack Roslovic’s case, he became a free agent for the third straight year on July 1 before signing a two-year, $8-million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After having…

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Report: Former prospect Semyon Der-Arguchintsev still keen on returning to Maple Leafs

Former prospect Semyon Der-Arguchintsev is reportedly still keen on returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to his agent Shumi Babaev. Der-Arguchintsev recently had his KHL rights traded by Dynamo Moscow to the Admiral Vladivostok for Pavel Shen, but that has not dispelled his desire to make his way back to North America. Babaev was…

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Around the NHL: Laine, Tarasenko, Bunting searching for new contracts, Blues rejecting significant trade offers

Welcome back to another edition of Around the NHL. The calendar has flipped to August, we’re just over a month before training camps open, as we’ve entered the dog days of summer. The transactions across the league have slowed down tremendously. However, there’s still plenty of talented free agents left unsigned, and we’ll have to…

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Report: Maple Leafs hire Andy O’Brien to lead Sport Performance department

John Chayka continues to overhaul the Toronto Maple Leafs front office. According to multiple reports, the Leafs general manager is bringing in long-time trainer of Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon, Andy O’Brien to lead the team’s Sport Performance department. Toronto Sun’s Steve Simmons was first to report the news, with The Athletic’s Chris Johnston piggy-backing…

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Role certainty and the 2-year plan for Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka did an excellent job during his first free agency window with the team, with role certainty and delineation at the forefront. There was a clear emphasis on becoming quicker, more agile, and better suited for the modern game in each of his moves. Chayka, Mats Sundin and the…

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Wyatt Johnston discusses the ‘boost’ he receives when playing in his hometown of Toronto

For many kids who grow up playing hockey in Toronto, the dream is to eventually don a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform and represent the team they grew up rooting for.  As for Wyatt Johnston, he grew up cheering on the Maple Leafs but has spent his entire four-year National Hockey League career playing for the…

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2026 TLN Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings: Honourable mentions

The Toronto Maple Leafs emerged from the 2026 NHL draft with more excitement surrounding their prospect pipeline than there has been in several years. Of course, injecting a first overall pick and potential franchise player into the organization is going to have that effect, but the Leafs have received high grades for the rest of…

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Why Gavin McKenna and Sergei Bobrovsky are the Leafs’ most important players for 2026-27

Auston Matthews is under contract for the next two seasons, and it appears that the Toronto Maple Leafs are doing everything in their power to prove they’re still in win-now mode entering next fall. Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka was aggressive and calculated during the free agency window, while making a number of astute…

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How Nick Paul will become Maple Leafs’ Swiss-army knife

Leafs Nation, get ready to see Nick Paul do a little bit of everything next season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Paul was acquired by general manager John Chayka this offseason, in a deal that saw goaltender Dennis Hildeby moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Chayka was dealing from a position of strength, using Hildeby’s…

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2026 Maple Leafs TLN Prospect Rankings: Eligibles, no votes, and graduates

We’re just under two months away from the start of another NHL season, this one the first to have 84 games. Two extra regular season games of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey, doesn’t that excite you? The Leafs are somewhat unrecognizable from the Brad Treliving/Craig Berube-led team we covered here this time last year. The roster…

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Contracts rising, the product declining, and more money to spend: Leaflets

There isn’t a whole lot of Toronto Maple Leafs news to talk about this week, so it’s time to look at how things affect them. It’s always about the Maple Leafs. So let’s do that. How Macklin Celebrini’s contract affects the Maple Leafs The Maple Leafs are two seasons removed from a very big contract…

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