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Maple Leafs Trade for Dakota Joshua
TRADE: We’ve acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft pic.twitter.com/HutDzsKmuh — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) July 17, 2025 🚨Trade To #LeafsForever Dakota Joshua, 29 y/o F, Yr 2/4 @ $3.25M To #Canucks '28 4thhttps://t.co/jjFxEffzHZ — PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) July 17, 2025 Joshua, 29 years old, was a former 5th round pick of Toronto's back in 2014.
Maple Leafs Sign Luke Haymes
You have to be a member to comment at PPP. It's been rumoured for the past couple months, and now is official: the Leafs have signed Luke Haymes, one of the top NCAA free agents this year. One of the reasons for the connection to the Leafs was Haymes attending one of Toronto's development camps, and it seemed to kickstart his big college breakout season.
Maple Leafs sign Borya Valis to an ELC
Borya Valis is 20, originally from Denver, but he has been playing in the WHL for four seasons. Give Valis a bit of space, and he takes the puck straight to the net. Valis was traded to Prince George last season and played in 15 playoff games for them, his first taste of the post season after he began on the Regina Pats.
FTB: Back to regular Maple Leafs programming
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Our long, long, wait for the return of the bane of our existence is finally over, and just 48 hours after Mitch Marner and the Canadian team won the Four Nations Face Off, we have our first Maple Leafs game since a 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on February 8th. Maple Leafs @ Vancouver No need to stay up late. PPP Leafs Cathy Squires Valentine's were given out. Families were celebrated. So much has happened since then. We've all grown and learned.
Thursday FTB: Leafs new Black Excellence jersey
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced a new logo celebrating Black Excellence that will be displayed during the Celebrating Black Excellence game against the Carolina Hurricanes this weekend. The logo was designed in partnership with Toji Nola, a designer and illustrator based in Toronto. Additionally, the Toronto Maple Leafs are an institution with a legacy that spans generations. There are thirteen root branches mirroring the thirteen veins at the top of the iconic Maple Leaf.
Maple Leafs Prospect Report: AHL Check-In
Minten has been one of Toronto's top prospects for a few years now, but always a bit polarizing. This season has been very interesting to see him make his AHL debut, and return for some stretches to the NHL as a 20 year old. Minten's results have been mixed. In the AHL, he quickly became one of the most relied upon forwards on the team.
Monday FTB: No Leafs for two weeks
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! It's the start of a long, long, two weeks without a Leafs game. The Marlies have five games while the Leafs are off. Coming home the next night in a hockey convoy with Belleville to play at home on the 15th.
Maple Leafs @ Vancouver
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Vancouver Canucks 07:00 PM at Rogers Arena Watch on: CBC, SN The Leafs last game was away on February 6 against the Seattle Kraken, which Toronto won by a score of 3-1 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 33-19-2 for a 0.630 Points %. The Vancouver Canucks last played away on February 6 against the San Jose Sharks. The Canucks won by a score of 2-1 in overtime, and their current league record is 25-18-11 for a 0.565 Points %.
Sunday FTB: Scepters rule Scotiabank
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Last night the Leafs were in Ottawa doing their usual Leafy things in one of their many vacation homes, and their home base of Scotiabank Arena was handed over to the Toronto Scepters. It was their annual Battle of Bay St. game, and the guest this year was the New York Sirens. The Scepters have had a terrible season so far, sitting at the bottom of the standings with a 4-0-2-6 record, giving them only 14 points.
Thursday FTB: offense goes from bad to worse
Tavares looks to be injured during a power play drill. I want to mention Knies got hit by a slapshot on the power play during the Stars game. I hope the team's netfront presence isn't completely gone. John Tavares was limping and favouring his right leg as he left practice moments ago. He was hurt during a power-play drill.
Recap: Leafs have nothing against Stars
Alright, let's do this recap. No Omar tonight so a lot fewer highlights. First Period 1-0 Matthews scores from Marner. Nice! PAPI LIGHTS THE LAMP 5 MINUTES IN OFF A BEAUTIFUL PASS FROM MARNER 🚨 #NHL pic.twitter.com/UvPrcZqfCB — TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 15, 2025 1-1 Stankoven poked around and got a puck Woll thought he had covered into the goal. That's Young Stankoven's first goal in 26 games.
Recap: Leafs shutout by Canucks
Saturday night, Leafs vs Canucks. First Period Brock Boeser's leg gets the first shot of the game into the back of the net. An unlucky deflection. first shot of the game — Omar (@tictactomar.bsky.social) 2025-01-12T00:21:57.750Z Tavares doing vintage/current Tavares things. Tavares took that open lane Lankinen makes the glove save — Omar (@tictactomar.bsky.social) 2025-01-12T00:39:31.728Z Marner and Matthews doing work and getting a chance.
Recap: Leafs shutout by Canucks
Saturday night, Leafs vs Canucks. First Period 0-1 Brock Boeser's leg gets the first shot of the game into the back of the net. An unlucky deflection. first shot of the game — Omar (@tictactomar.bsky.social) 2025-01-12T00:21:57.750Z Tavares doing vintage/current Tavares things. Tavares took that open lane Lankinen makes the glove save — Omar (@tictactomar.bsky.social) 2025-01-12T00:39:31.728Z Marner and Matthews doing work and getting a chance.
Saturday FTB: A really really busy Friday in hockey
The Leafs lost 3-1 to the Washington Capitals to tie the season series at one each. John Tavares scored again for his 12th goal of the season (on pace for 42 goals), but a bad bounce in the third period gave the Capitals the lead and an overall below average effort by the Leafs didn't change the result. The Leafs only took 21 shots — one shot better than their season low performance against the Red Wings where they lost by the same scoreline.
Friday FTB: Chicago fires the coach and makes history
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Two seasons ago, Chicago had one goal in mind: tank hard enough to draft Connor Bedard. And it worked! They drafted the exceptional status player first overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, and are looking forward to selling many outdoor game jerseys every season. However, tanking so hard has repercussions. Mainly you're going to be bad a season or two afterwards. Chicago doesn't want to though.
Wednesday FTB: The (baseball) Maple Leafs make a big move
Big Maple Leafs singing! The Maple Leafs are bringing in Japanese pitcher Ayami Sato for next season. Sato is a 34 year old pitcher from Japan, can throw 80mph, and is the starter for Japan's national women's baseball team. The Maple Leafs made the splash in bringing Soto over in hopes to improve on their 17-25 season last year, and return to their championship days of 2007.
Friday FTB: Why is everyone talking about Sidney Crosby to Toronto?
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Nothing like waking up to a morning without a Leafs loss. Will the Leafs do the same? My sources are quiet (they don't exist) but I am hearing one weird name on the socials: Sidney Crosby?
Florida beats the Leafs clean
First Period The first 20 minutes was fast and the goals came quickly as the teams traded cheesy penalty calls. The Panthers scored on their power play.
Wednesday FTB: No fun in the sun this time
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! The team is in Florida for a two game road trip against the Florida Panthers tonight and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Normally a Florida road trip would see the team take an extra day ahead of time for some bonding, but if they lose the day after fishing, then that activity becomes the focus and blame. So, the Leafs stayed home Monday for practice and only went to Florida yesterday to come in ready to go for the game.
Maple Leafs play their first ever game against Utah
Utah Hockey Club @ Toronto Maple Leafs 07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena Watch on: NHLN, TVAS, TSN4, Utah16 The Leafs last game was at home on November 20 against the Vegas Golden Knights, which Toronto won by a score of 3-0 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 12-6-2 for a 0.65 Points %. The Utah Hockey Club last played away on November 23 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Utah won by a score of 6-1 in regulation, and their current league record is 8-9-3 for a 0.475 Points %.
Maple Leafs Sign Alex Nylander, Place Knies on IR
The Leafs announced they signed Alex Nylander to a 1 year, $775,000 contract (prorated). The younger Nylander had been signed by Toronto this past summer to an AHL contract. The Leafs needed to make this signing, because they had to put Matthew Knies on IR. You know, from that body check to the chest that he took from Zach Whitecloud in the Vegas game.
Wednesday FTB: Mr. Matthews goes to Germany
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Yesterday we got word of what happened to Auston Matthews since he went on LTIR. He decided to use the time to take a little trip to across the ocean and hit up a biergarten. Brad Treliving says Auston Matthews went over to Germany to see a doctor he has seen in the past. Says it's not alarming but once they get through that they hope he will return to skating. Says he may play Sunday but also targeting FLA trip at the end of the month.
Tuesday FTB: Calle Järnkrok goes under the knife
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Well, the Cleveland Clinic says sports hernia rehabilitation can take six to twelve weeks. The Leafs have been chugging along, and he hasn't played yet this season so it's a loss, but one they're already used to. Enter Fraser Minten?
Preview: Leafs welcome the Senators in another Atlantic contest
The Leafs last game was at home on November 9 against the Montréal Canadiens, which Toronto won by a score of 4-1 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 9-5-2 for a 0.625 Points %. The Ottawa Senators last played away on November 9 against the Boston Bruins.
Wednesday FTB: Leafs get some power play goals
The Leafs beat the Bruins last night 4-0. Anthony Stolarz got the shutout as the Leafs held the Bruins to 29 shots. The power play – without Auston Matthews for this game – scored three times (Rielly, Nylander, Knies). Steven Lorentz scored, too. Marner had two assists, and Max Pacioretty led the team in shots with 5. Toronto wins it with their power play Picturing the people who didn't watch reading that headline. PPP Leafs Cathy Squires Here's another perspective on the game.
Wednesday FTB: PWHL making plans to expand
The PWHL is preparing for expansion as early as next season. Early favourites for a team in the USA is Pittsburgh, and Calgary in Canada. With Minnesota out west, it's possible they could expand a division out there. Pittsburgh has hosted a PWHL game last season and have shown consistent interest in the past year. The league will issue a request for proposal to explore potential locations for new teams across the US and Canada.
Tuesday FTB: Maple Leafs playing spoiler
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Big win last night for the Maple Leafs, ending the Winnipeg Jets* eight game win streak to open the season. A statement game for the Leafs that will hopefully get more wins and propel them far above their .500 record from ahead of this game. It was also a big night for Pontus Holmberg, who played his 100th game for the Leafs.
Maple Leafs Lose to Bruins in Overtime
Phil Myers made his regular season debut tonight and he subbed in for Conor Timmins. Pontus Holmberg was the forward in the press box for this game. Stolarz was good early and had to make some tough saves. Ryan Reaves took an interference call away from the play to open the special teams action.
Preview: Leafs in Boston for the first time this year
The Leafs last game was at home on October 24 against the St. Louis Blues, which Toronto lost by a score of 5-1 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 4-4-0 for a 0.500 Points %. The Boston Bruins last played at home on October 24 against the Dallas Stars. The Bruins lost by a score of 5-2 in regulation, and their current league record is 3-4-1 for a 0.438 Points %.
Leafs fans are good at singing the Blues
New Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube faced off against his former team, who he led to the Stanley Cup in 2019, for the first time since being fired early last season. Goaltender Joseph Woll makes his first start for the Maple Leafs after starting the season injured. Timothy Liljegren is, once again, a healthy scratch. My spy cameras in the Leafs locker room have found out why Liljegren keeps getting scratched. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/1Tc7O1rEfC — Adam?
Preview: Leafs travel to Columbus for a back-to-back
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Columbus Blue Jackets 07:30 PM at Nationwide Arena Watch on: TSN4, FDSNOH That alphabet soup for the American broadcaster is the new Fan Duel branded station that used to be Bally Sports and Fox Sports before that. The Leafs last game was at home on October 21 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which Toronto won by a score of 5-2 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 4-2-0 for a 0.667 Points %.
Monday FTB: First shutout for Artie!
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! While the Leafs lost on Saturday, the Marlies were the stars of Sunday with a 4-0 victory over the Utica Comets and a special victory it was. 1ST AHL SHUTOUT FOR ARTIE 🎉 pic.twitter.com/FXXpwHn1bl — Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) October 20, 2024 A first shutout with the Marlies! There was another first yesterday afternoon as well.
Saturday FTB: Expanding to Carolina Hockey League
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! Next season will see the launch of a third team owned by Zawyer Sports & Entertainment which already owns or manages a number of clubs in the ECHL including the Jacksonville Icemen, Tahoe Knight Monsters and Savannah Ghost Pirates. Zawyer also recently took ownership of the AHL Charlotte Checkers.
Friday FTB: Leafs will have to decide their roster at some point
Fraser is making progress on his high ankle sprain that has kept him from training camp and potentially being the Leafs 3C to start the year. Head coach Craig Berube has a lot of players to manage ice time for, even with several on IR. It's not personal when a player gets scratched, but at some point the hard decisions will need to be made once players like Minten and Järnkrok and others get back. Here's Berube on his team's defensive play to start the year.
Preview: LA Kings swing by to play the Leafs
Los Angeles Kings @ Toronto Maple Leafs 07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena Watch on: SN, TVAS, BSW Note the start time. The Leafs last game was at home on October 12 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, which Toronto won by a score of 4-2 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 2-1-0 for a 0.667 Points %. The Los Angeles Kings last played away on October 14 against the Ottawa Senators. The Kings lost by a score of 8-7 in overtime, and their current league record is 1-0-2 for a 0.667 Points %.
Wednesday FTB: Leafs taking it slow with Woll's return
Insider Trading spoke on what the Leafs are considering as they try to get Joseph Woll back in the starter's net. Also the Oilers have moved Draisaitl back to McDavid's line over fears of a 0-3 start. Nylander missed practice with an illness that's apparently been going through the Leafs locker room. The MLHS folks give their first impressions of the Leafs lineup this season.
Preview: Maple Leafs @ Montréal Canadiens Opening Night
The Leafs last preseason game was at home on October 5 against the Detroit Red Wings, which Toronto won by a score of 3-2 in regulation. The Montréal Canadiens last played away on October 5 against the Ottawa Senators. The Canadiens lost by a score of 4-2 in regulation. Both Evolving Hockey and HockeyViz project the Canadiens to be last in the Atlantic.
Friday FTB: one more preseason game to go
The Leafs B-ish team beat the Red Wings 2-0 last night. Nick Robertson scored both goals, while Max Pacioretty had two assists. They were flanking David Kämpf on the first line. Tonight's lineup pic.twitter.com/YBogCW94cF — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 3, 2024 THERE HE GOES AGAIN!!!! pic.twitter.com/E6ro5PfFg8 — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 3, 2024 Guess who...
Monday FTB: Maple Leafs finally hit the ice
Jaromir Jagr is human, after all.The legendary 52-year-old intends to finally retire from professional hockey following this season, he confirmed to The Athletic's Rob Rossi on Thursday.Jagr last played in North America in 2017-18, but he's spent every campaign since then with the Czech Extraliga's Rytiri Kladno.
Maple Leafs release their Prospect Showdown roster
My thoughts are that Montreal's defense is better, but (and my bias might be showing) I think Toronto's forwards are better – assuming they play all their top forwards each game. It is interesting that Toronto brought three extra forwards for two games, especially when they have four free agent invites – Lisowsky, Finnie, Muranov, and Parsons.
Friday FTB: an update on the player in today's T25U25
Pierre LeBrun provided an update on the Nick Robertson standofff. Pierre said "he would still prefer a change of address", on the RFA and noted his camp felt like things weren't moving fast enough. Pierre also made sure to say Robertson has very little leverage in this situation, and also that something might happen at thr last minute (ie. training camp) to resolve this. Nikolay Kulemin at 38 years old is joining the Ottawa Senators on a PTO.
Leafs extend Marshall Rifai
The Maple Leafs signed the undrafted defender Marshall Rifai to an AHL deal in 2022. Last summer, he was signed to an NHL contract, and was called up and played in two games for the Leafs. This new extension, which takes effect next year, will see him through to age 30 on minimum salary at the NHL level. The Leafs are not forthcoming about the details of the contract beyond the AAV, so we don't know yet if this is a one-way or a two-way.
Wednesday FTB: Offer sheet success!
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! In a wonderful bit of news, the Edmonton Oilers lost two of their top RFAs to the St. Louis Blues after they chose not to match the offer sheets sent to Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. The Oilers have cleared enough cap space to match the offer sheets to Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg In the wake of the St. Louis Blues tendering offer sheets to Dylan Hol… OilersNation Zach Laing It looked like they were going to match but decided against it.
FTB: Auston Matthews to be named Toronto Maple Leafs captain this morning
You have to be a member to comment at PPP. This morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs, with the blessing of John Tavares, are going to announce Auston Matthews as the next captain of the hockey team. The press conference is set to begin at 11am, and according to Darren Dreger, JT fully supports the change and was heavily involved in the process. Before we get into the move itself, can I just say summer press conferences in Toronto often find ways of being messy?
Thursday FTB: Major League Disaster?
Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! There have been rumors swirling around the internet for a few months about a possible three-on-three hockey league coming soon that will draw in big names with big money. Something like LIV Golf, but on ice. Well, it's probably just someone with a big mouth, big ideas, and nothing more. Max Chambers is the man behind Major League Hockey.
Where are the holes in the Maple Leafs roster?
On free agent day a person on TSN said the following, roughly paraphrased: We've been sitting here for six years watching the Leafs fill in around the edges of the same team, so how is this any different? Mike Johnson (the right sort of person) spoke up and said that what is different is the addition of Chris Tanev. The entire panel agreed, very enthusiastically, that playing Tanev with Morgan Rielly was going to create a "better than the sum of the parts" situation.
Maple Leafs sign Dakota Mermis
It appears that 30-year-old free agent defenceman Dakota Mermis is joining the Leafs. He's now listed on their active roster. Mermis averaged 14 minutes in 47 games for the Wild last season. — Jonas Siegel (@jonassiegel) July 2, 2024 Dakota Mermis is indeed 30, and he is a left-shooting defender. He is listed at 6' and 194lbs on Elite Prospects. As you can see he most recently played in Minnesota and Iowa with the Wild. In fact he captained the AHL team last year.
Chris Tanev signed by Leafs
The Maple Leafs traded a seventh-round pick and the rights to an expiring RFA (who Dallas did not issue with a Qualifying Offer) for the signing rights to Chris Tanev from the Dallas Stars. They have signed him, a few hours ahead of the noon start to free agency on July 1 for six years at $4.5 million. MAPLE LEAFS SIGN DEFENCEMAN CHRIS TANEV | Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed defenceman Chris Tanev to a six-year contract.
2024 Draft: Leafs select Nathan Mayes with pick 225
The Maple Leafs selected Nathan Mayes with the 225th pick in the 2024 Entry Draft. Mayes is a defenceman who shoots left and is currently playing for the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL. When projecting defencemen, it sometimes comes down to flashes more than anything.
Getting to Know Ben Danford
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Toronto Maple Leafs surprised everyone. After trading down to get the 31st overall pick, Toronto drafted Ben Danford from the Oshawa Generals in the OHL. Like some of Toronto's previous top picks over the past 4 or so years, they took someone that many will immediately see as a "reach" based on his rankings.
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