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Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving has been busy so far this offseason, securing some goaltending depth for next season and beyond. Anthony Stolarz and Joseph Woll are locked up on multi-year contracts and veteran Matt Murray is returning to Toronto next season. While the depth chart is now full, Treliving has entered the world of risky business. Let’s start … [Read more...] about Maple Leafs are taking a risky approach to solving their goaltending depth

What a difference a year can make. When Simon Benoit was signed by Brad Treliving just over a year ago, the masses pointed at his horrific defensive numbers in Anaheim and questioned the signing. Only on a one-year league minimum deal, almost everyone figured Benoit would play most of his campaign with the Toronto Marlies, and sparingly if at all with the Maple Leafs. Boy were … [Read more...] about Simon Benoit looks to build on his meteoric rise with the Leafs in 2024-25

Brad Treliving and his team have been active this offseason. Treliving has extended a contract, signed some new players, had his first full draft, re-signed players, and completed a trade for a player’s rights all in the last week. The first day of free agency is always very busy across the league. After day one of free agency, are they better now than they were a couple of … [Read more...] about Comparing the Leafs roster after day 1 of free agency to their playoff roster

Chris Tanev’s free agency rights were acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday in an attempt to convince the 34-year-old to return home. Thomas Wolfe’s 1940 novel You Can’t Go Home Again has been parsed and interpreted in many different ways but as it relates to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ ecosystem, there’s a natural instinct to tie any Toronto-born and raised player back … [Read more...] about Chris Tanev’s potential Maple Leafs homecoming would be an atypical hero story

A spectacular weekend at the Sphere in Las Vegas for the 2024 NHL draft came to a close yesterday, but not before the Toronto Maple Leafs made the final trade of the afternoon, acquiring the rights to Chris Tanev from the Dallas Stars in exchange for the expiring contract of Max Ellis and a 2026 7th-round pick. No contract offer has been presented to Tanev and his camp at this … [Read more...] about Dreger: Nikita Zadorov and Oliver Ekman-Larsson remain prime targets for Toronto