The Aporia · Kevin McGran

2026-09-14 · Toronto Star

Former Florida rivals are becoming quick friends on the Maple Leafs, and there's a reason for that

🔮 For a team like the Leafs with so many new faces to incorporate into the lineup, on top of a new coaching staff and management group, that could pose a challenge. assertive

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star

Easton Cowan and Ben Danford don't top the Leafs' prospect list anymore. They're not jealous

🔮 McKenna landed the second-line left-winger’s role with John Tavares and William Nylander. assertive

2026-09-18 · Toronto Star

How the Maple Leafs’ Matthew Knies survived an off-season of NHL trade rumours

🔮 With a six-foot-three frame carrying 234 pounds, sometimes at breakneck speed, it’s understandable why other teams would inquire. assertive

2026-09-21 · Toronto Star

After a disappointing year, Maple Leaf Morgan Rielly has a 'clean slate' and a new defence partner

🔮 Part of the trick to keeping the puck out of the net — especially with those two defending — will be forwards speeding back to help, an emphasis in the early part of training camp. assertive

2026-09-22 · Toronto Star

The biggest competition in Maple Leafs training camp is between three smaller defencemen

🔮 It’s conceivable all three make the team after cuts are announced next week, but barring injuries only one will play at a time. assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

Easton Cowan poised to take on bigger role with Maple Leafs

🔮 I don’t see why he couldn’t have success on the kill. assertive

2026-09-26 · Toronto Star

From Bobby McMann to Joseph Woll, Maple Leafs have plenty of revenge games on the schedule

🔮 In an off-season filled with many changes, here’s a look at some of the revenge games the Leafs will participate in during the 2026-27 season. assertive

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs deep in talks to acquire sniper Kirill Marchenko from Blue Jackets

🔮 The Maple Leafs are on the cusp of adding right winger Kirill Marchenko on the eve of the 2026-27 NHL season in what would be a surprise trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets. assertive

2026-09-29 · Toronto Star

Line combos in flux with addition of Marchenko

🔮 Leafs coach Jim Hiller did not want to get into how the arrival of Kirill Marchenko will change his lines, partly because he was not sure his new forward would play tonight because Marchenko’s work visa has to be updated. assertive

2026-09-29 · Toronto Star

Knies was 'a little bit shocked' by timing of trade

🔮 GM Don Waddell understood that Marchenko would “rather play someplace else,” he told reporters in Columbus on Tuesday. assertive

2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Leafs need to clean things up in second period

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2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Josh Anderson scores, Habs tie it 1-1

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2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

William Nylander opens scoring in first minute

🔮 William Nylander scored 48 seconds into the game, jumping over the boards to replace Jack Roslovic after the first line (with Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko) hemmed Montreal in its own end. assertive

2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Habs fans chant at Scotiabank Arena as lead doubles

🔮 It was a harmless looking shot that Sergei Bobrovsky would probably like a do-over on, though he appeared to be screened. assertive

2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs fans get the full Kirill Marchenko experience in whirlwind debut

🔮 It would have been fair to give Kirill Marchenko a little slack in his Maple Leafs debut Tuesday night. assertive

2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Rielly stays hot in season openers

🔮 - William Nylander tied Zdenek Nedved (0:48 on Oct. 7, 1995) for the fourth-fastest goal to start a season opener in franchise history. assertive

2026-09-30 · Toronto Star

Dolly Parton sets the mood

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2026-10-01 · Toronto Star

Anthony Stolarz repays Maple Leafs’ faith with electric season debut

🔮 He couldn’t win at home. assertive

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star

The Kirill Marchenko clan (cat included) adjusts to a new home with the Maple Leafs — and looks for one

🔮 Guys are trying to find new houses, or trying to find school districts if they have kids, or maybe their wives are trying to find new jobs. assertive

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star

Daniel Alfredsson went from a Maple Leafs villain to an ambassador — and he's loving it

🔮 “I thought I would be a little incognito. assertive

2026-10-05 · Toronto Star

One idol, one regret and one of a kind. How the Maple Leafs reacted to Ovechkin retirement news

🔮 “It was an unbelievable feeling when I met him a couple of times.” The 41-year-old Ovechkin, the NHL’s goal-scoring king, announced on social media Monday that this season would be his last. assertive

2026-10-07 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs vs. Predators: Gavin McKenna's first NHL goal sends Toronto on the road to victory

🔮 The Maple Leafs rookie finally had the kind of offensive night predicted for him, and Auston Matthews scored in overtime to beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena. assertive

2026-10-14 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs vs. Mammoth: Toronto's weak spots exposed in Western road trip finale

🔮 Try as they might, the Maple Leafs couldn’t outscore their many flaws on display in a 5-4 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night. assertive

2026-10-16 · Toronto Star

Kirill Marchenko scores a hat trick, but Maple Leafs fall in OT to visiting Sabres

🔮 Kirill Marchenko’s smile could not have been wider after he got his fifth career hat trick on Thursday night in his 300th career game. assertive

2026-10-16 · Toronto Star

Why did Gavin McKenna play just six minutes in an OT loss? Only Maple Leafs coach Jim Hiller knows for sure

🔮 Then the last few minutes of the period, we’re just trying to get out of that period, I guess you would say. assertive

2026-10-19 · Toronto Star

How Canada lost its voice in international hockey, and what it could mean

🔮 Meanwhile, Russia has been manoeuvring behind the scenes to get into the game’s good books, which may have cost Canada its spot in the September congress in Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands, that landed German Franz Reindl the IIHF top job. assertive

2026-10-20 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs vs. Sharks: McKenna prevails over Stenberg in battle of top picks

🔮 It was rumoured over the summer the Leafs coveted Stenberg as well but couldn’t pry the second overall pick from San Jose. assertive

2026-10-20 · Toronto Star

After a blockbuster trade on the eve of the season, Maple Leaf Kirill Marchenko returns to Columbus tonight

🔮 It will be his first game for the Maple Leafs winger against the team that drafted and developed him and ultimately agreed to trade him when he wanted out. assertive

2026-10-21 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs vs. Blue Jackets: Marchenko gets last laugh in Columbus homecoming

🔮 The Leafs blew the game open with four goals in the second: Matthews and William Nylander scored 46 seconds apart while Easton Cowan scored short-handed. And as if to add salt to the wounds opened with the Marchenko trade, another ex-Blue Jacket — Jack Roslovic, who was born in Columbus — also scored that period and a rough night for Greaves was over. Adding two assists, Cowan had the first three-point night of his career. assertive

2026-10-21 · Toronto Star

The Marlies' Calder Cup run is paying off in spades for the Maple Leafs

🔮 It would be understandable if a new GM completely cleaned house, but Chayka largely inherited those players, and is rewarding them (and kept assistant GM Ryan Hardy with the organization). assertive

2026-10-25 · Toronto Star

Maple Leafs vs. Oilers: Advantage Toronto in first Matthews-McDavid showdown of the season

🔮 On the ice, it felt like anything could happen with both teams possessing high-octane offence and questionable defence. assertive

2026-10-25 · Toronto Star

The Maple Leafs are rolling and the Jack Roslovic revenge tour played a part

🔮 It’s hard to imagine where the Leafs would be without Stecher, who has raised his game with Chris Tanev hurt. assertive

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