Toronto Maple Leafs
The whole organization. One connected view.
Eastern Conference · Atlantic DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2414 F · 8 D · 2 GKnown commitmentsUS$88.3M18 / 19 contracts pricedFarm system#16Middle · board consensusNext game@ EDMOct 24
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#86
#34
#96
#53
#20
#88
#15
#29
#19
#73
#24
#22
#43
#44
#8
#95
#28Goaltending
Sergei Bobrovsky
#72 · TOR · 38 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
1,096 saves154 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2718 priced deals · 1 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share84.9%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$15.7M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
0 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 48,042,500 USD
- D
- 30,710,000 USD
- G
- 9,500,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Gavin McKennaLW · Penn State Univ.NHLETA —- Artur Akhtyamov—NHLETA —
Ben DanfordD · Oshawa GeneralsNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Gavin McKenna: 35 GP · 2025–26 · 51 points
Artur Akhtyamov: No unique development-record match.
Ben Danford: 8 GP · 2025–26 · 4 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Ethan McKenzie
Miroslav Holinka
Tinus Luc Klobar
Måns Gudmundsson
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All movesResults, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| at EDM | Regular season | ||
| at CGY | Regular season | ||
| at SEA | Regular season | ||
| at VAN | Regular season | ||
| vs UTA | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
Toronto Maple Leafs are among the most talked-about (97th percentile); attention is up on the usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Gavin McKenna (), John Tavares (), Auston Matthews ().
Latest from the league: Horvat has two points, Islanders defeat slumping Maple Leafs (2026-10-18) · RECAP | Leafs vs. Islanders | Oct. 17, 2026 (2026-10-18) · McKenna had ‘good talk’ with Maple Leafs coach Hiller after benching (2026-10-18)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Toronto Maple Leafs contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Auston MatthewsCertifiedCNMC | |||
| William NylanderCertifiedRNMC | |||
| Matthew KniesCertifiedL | |||
| John TavaresCertifiedCNMC | |||
| Dakota JoshuaReportedCNTC | |||
| Nick PaulCertifiedL | |||
| Brandon DuhaimeReportedR | |||
| Steven LorentzCertifiedC | |||
| Bo GroulxCertifiedC | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Darren RaddyshReportedDM-NTC | |||
| Morgan RiellyCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Jake McCabeCertifiedDNTC | |||
| Chris TanevCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Oliver Ekman-LarssonCertifiedDM-NTC | |||
| Troy StecherReportedD | |||
| Philippe MyersReportedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Sergei BobrovskyCertifiedGNMC | |||
| Anthony StolarzCertifiedG | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced TOR skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Toronto Maple Leafs cap planner
Enter figures you trust. The planner never turns missing contract data into a published total, and saves only in this browser.
Line 1
Knies · Nylander · Matthews
Line 2
Tavares
Line 3
Joshua · Paul
Line 4
Duhaime · Lorentz
Pair 1
McCabe · Ekman-Larsson · Raddysh
Pair 2
Rielly · Stecher
Pair 3
Myers
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
Toronto Maple Leafs as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Jim Hiller. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · Kirill Marchenko · Auston Matthews · Jack Roslovic
Line 2 · Easton Cowan · Nick Paul · William Nylander
Line 3 · Gavin McKenna · Colton Sissons · Bo Groulx
Line 4 · Zack MacEwen · Teddy Blueger · Brandon Duhaime
Pair 1 · Jake McCabe · Darren Raddysh
Pair 2 · Morgan Rielly · Chris Tanev
Pair 3 · Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Troy Stecher
Power play 1 · Kirill Marchenko · Easton Cowan · William Nylander · Darren Raddysh · Auston Matthews
Power play 2 · Jack Roslovic · Nick Paul · Gavin McKenna · Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Morgan Rielly
Goalies · expected starter Anthony Stolarz · Sergei Bobrovsky
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Teddy Blueger | 73 | C | ||
| Easton Cowan | 53 | R | ||
| Brandon Duhaime | 24 | L | ||
| Bo Groulx | 29 | C | ||
| Zack MacEwen | 19 | R | ||
| Kirill Marchenko | 86 | R | ||
| Auston Matthews | 34 | C | ||
| Gavin McKenna | 92 | L | ||
| William Nylander | 88 | R | ||
| Nick Paul | 20 | L | ||
| Jack Roslovic | 96 | C | ||
| Colton Sissons | 15 | C | ||
| John Tavares | 91 | C | ||
| Miles Wood | 18 | L | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Nick Blankenburg | 3 | D | ||
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 95 | D | ||
| Jake McCabe | 22 | D | ||
| Darren Raddysh | 43 | D | ||
| Morgan Rielly | 44 | D | ||
| Marshall Rifai | 83 | D | ||
| Troy Stecher | 28 | D | ||
| Chris Tanev | 8 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 72 | G | ||
| Anthony Stolarz | 41 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with TOR.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available William NylanderR | |||||
| #2Range not available John TavaresC | |||||
| #3Range not available Matthew KniesL | |||||
| #4Range not available Auston MatthewsC | |||||
| #5Range not available Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | |||||
| #6Range not available Matias MaccelliL | |||||
| #7Range not available Morgan RiellyD | |||||
| #8Range not available Max DomiC | |||||
| #9Range not available Nick RobertsonL | |||||
| #10Range not available Bobby McMannC |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
From the video · model judgement
How they gained the zone in condensed games
Read from the league's free condensed games: entries carried in against dumped in, entries denied at the line for and against, and the rest of what the model could see. A condensed game is a sample of the game, so these are observations from the games read, not season counts.
Games read: OTT at TOR (2026010035), TOR at OTT (2026010036).
Coaching style · 2025-26
Close to the league on every measure
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets, Seattle Kraken, San Jose Sharks
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Toronto Maple Leafs: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Toronto Maple Leafs: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Selling
Selling now: veterans are available and the club is taking picks and prospects.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: unknown.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Tom Wilson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Quinton Byfield (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: William Nylander ( through 2031–32: ); Darren Raddysh ( through 2033–34: ); Matthew Knies ( through 2030–31: ); Morgan Rielly ( through 2029–30: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Right wing
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
No pending RFA carries offer-sheet risk.
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Tom Wilson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Quinton Byfield (LAK)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Felix Unger Sorum (CAR)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
- Price guide
Fabian Lysell (BOS)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Price guide
Joshua Roy (MTL)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
- Price guide
Mackie Samoskevich (SEA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jonatan Berggren (STL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
ANA → DET → TOR → BOS
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → TOR: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at TOR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - TOR → BOS: Nick Paul (salary, )
Gate at BOS: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - BOS → ANA: Fabian Lysell (blocked, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → TOR → BOS
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → TOR: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at TOR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - TOR → BOS: Dakota Joshua (salary, )
Gate at BOS: blocked (trade protection) (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - BOS → ANA: Fabian Lysell (blocked, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → TOR → MTL
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → TOR: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at TOR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - TOR → MTL: Nick Paul (salary, )
Gate at MTL: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - MTL → ANA: Zachary Bolduc (salary, )
Gate at ANA: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated.
ANA → DET → TOR → MTL
- ANA → DET: Rodwin Dionicio (blocked, )
Gate at DET: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated. - DET → TOR: Keegan Kolesar (salary, )
Gate at TOR: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - TOR → MTL: Nick Paul (salary, )
Gate at MTL: blocked (waiver exemption) (entry-level slide). fit: not yet validated. - MTL → ANA: Joshua Roy (blocked, )
Gate at ANA: not confirmed. fit: not yet validated.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Felix Unger Sorum (CAR)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Fabian Lysell (BOS)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Mackie Samoskevich (SEA)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Jonatan Berggren (STL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Sell-high candidates
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Darren Raddysh
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
William Nylander
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Matthew Knies
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Easton Cowan
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Miroslav Holinka
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Latest roster move
Ethan MacKenzie
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Alexander Plesovskikh
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Alex DeBrincat (DET)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Kirill Marchenko (CBJ)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
John Chayka: 0.4 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Toronto Maple Leafs: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
There is usable depth here, but the organization needs development wins rather than assuming draft pedigree will carry it.
- 01Separate near-term graduates from long-horizon bets.
- 02Find the position where opportunity is blocked or missing.
- 03Move a future only when the playoff gain survives the downside case.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Toronto Maple Leafs picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
Toronto Maple Leafs roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
John Tavares
Aatu Raty
Jacob Quillan
Brandon Buhr
Miles Wood
Marshall Rifai
Chris Tanev
Miles Wood
Dakota Joshua
William Villeneuve
Cade Webber
Max Domi
Luke Haymes
Vinni Lettieri
Ryan Tverberg
Philippe Myers
Michael Pezzetta
Marshall Rifai
Henrik Rybinski
Brendan Brisson
Tinus Luc Koblar
Blake Smith
Landon Sim
Jacob Quillan
Miroslav Holinka
Samuel Hlavaj
Luke Haymes
Ben Danford
Noah Chadwick
Artur Akhtyamov
Steven Lorentz
Timofei Obvintsev
Borya Valis
Hayes Hundley
Brandon Buhr
Vinny Borgesi
Dakota Mermis
Cole McWard
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Toronto Maple Leafs injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Cade Webber (D):
Chris Tanev (D):
Dakota Joshua (C):
Elvis Merzlikins (G):
John Tavares (C):
Max Domi (C):
Miles Wood (LW):
William Villeneuve (D):
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Toronto Maple Leafs is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Toronto Maple Leafs plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2026-09-29 (4 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Toronto Maple Leafs
trades
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
Tampa Bay Lightning receive
GM: Julien BriseBois
- Dennis Hildeby
- 2027 4th-round pick · now owned by TBL
- 2028 3rd-round pick · now owned by TBL
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
- 2026 6th-round pick ()
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Ryan Johnson
- 2027 5th-round pick · now back with TOR
St. Louis Blues receive
GM: Doug Armstrong
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
- 2026 3rd-round pick ()
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Ottawa Senators receive
GM: Steve Staios
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
- 2027 5th-round pick · now owned by TOR
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
Tampa Bay Lightning receive
GM: Julien BriseBois
- 2026 5th-round pick
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: John Chayka
- Samuel Ersson
- Emil Andrae
- 2026 3rd-round pick
Los Angeles Kings receive
GM: Ken Holland
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2026 3rd-round pick · conditional
Seattle Kraken receive
GM: Jason Botterill
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2026 4th-round pick
- 2027 2nd-round pick · conditional · now owned by FLA
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2027 1st-round pick · conditional · now owned by TOR
- 2026 5th-round pick · conditional
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
Vancouver Canucks receive
GM: Patrik Allvin
- 2028 4th-round pick · now owned by VAN
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- Ryan Reaves
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- Nicholas Robertson
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2028 4th-round pick · now owned by TOR
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
Utah Mammoth receive
GM: Bill Armstrong
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by UTA
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- Reese Johnson
Minnesota Wild receive
GM: Bill Guerin
- Future considerations
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
- Fraser Minten
- 2026 1st-round pick · conditional
- 2025 4th-round pick
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2025 5th-round pick
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- Scott Laughton
- 2025 4th-round pick
- 2027 6th-round pick · now back with PHI
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Nikita Grebenkin
- 2027 1st-round pick · now owned by PHI
Salary retained:
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- Matt Benning
- 2025 3rd-round pick
- 2026 6th-round pick
Vegas Golden Knights receive
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
Washington Capitals receive
GM: Brian MacLellan
- 2024 3rd-round pick
- 2025 5th-round pick
Salary retained:
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
Toronto Maple Leafs: difficulty rank #6Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-09: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.