Leafs rumours 4

17 May 2026 22:55:21
Leafs
Frost

Flames
Robertson
Quillan

17 May 2026 22:40:13
Canucks
Rielly
Robertson

Leafs
E Pettersson 11.6
Canucks retain 3.6

17 May 2026 22:45:13
Said this exact trade a month ago.

17 May 2026 22:59:37
So you like it then?

17 May 2026 23:05:27
Yes, I didn’t think there was a need to retain; I figured Robertson would get 3-3.5 million, so the salary was almost a wash.

17 May 2026 23:38:45
My issue is I have a problem paying him 11.6.
8 I can handle.

17 May 2026 23:56:43
10.5 out 11.5 in so I would let retention kill the deal.

18 May 2026 00:16:04
The Sedins have already said that Pettersson isn't going anywhere and they believe he will return to form in Vancouver next season.

18 May 2026 03:22:33
They said it at the same time? ??

17 May 2026 22:05:46
Sharks
Nylander
Rielly
Stolarz

Leafs
2nd overall
20th overall
Musty
Ravensbergen

18 May 2026 03:31:56
If they are keeping Matthews then yes I like this trade, but would like one more prospect, Halttinen? L
Perhaps.

18 May 2026 11:13:12
How does this work financially with San Jose needing to get their stars signed after their ELC is up?

18 May 2026 13:55:24
I’m only posting for the Leafs
I didn’t know I had to be concerned about San Jose’s cap issues in a couple years?
But if you want to, I can try and predict their cap gymnastics in 2-4 years?

Let me know hrenklin….

17 May 2026 15:22:31
So there was a earlier post a few days ago about the Leafs goaltending and some said we have enough goalies and things are fine in that regard. Others said we have some issues there and I have to tend to agree. While Woll is our go to for #1 goalie due to no-one really grabbing the bull by the horns. I do think we are lacking a True bona Fide #1. We do have a young potential #1 eventual goalie in Ahktymamov. But our Goals Saved above Expected stats this year was brutal, which is the premier stat GM's and scouts look at.

Woll was 55th in the league and Stolarz was 56th.

Who out there is a goalie you figure would be the guy to go after to take control of the crease and give the defense a bit more confidence it who is behind them, and what would you give up to get that guy whether it be a single trade or part of a package? This should be a interesting one to follow.

17 May 2026 15:15:36
Keep insulting the goalies who had God aweful defense in front of them for the most part. You make it sound like it's all their fault.

17 May 2026 17:22:10
You do realize that you are the pot calling the kettle black, right? You are pretty much saying it is all the Defense's fault but other than Carlo (And he actually was second in Plus Minus on 5 on 5 situations behind Tanev at +4) it's the same Defense they had last year when the Goalies were way better on the GSAx.

Neither Goalie was as Sharp as they were last year and while Hildeby had a bit of a decent Stretch he tailed off as well.

I am just saying we have not had a True #1 Goalie in a while opposing teams know is going to be a handful.

17 May 2026 18:51:27
It was nerve-wracking watching Woll and Stolarz last season.
Essentially the same D in front of them the year before sans Tanev…and they were a solid tandem.
So what happened?
The whole team had a meltdown.
Saw it in the preseason already….
By American Thanksgiving they were toast already.
Post Olympic they quit playing for Berube.


So, yes the goalies were awful, but if the team in front them
Stops playing they are exposed…
I have posted many times to trade Stolarz.
Because Hildeby and Akhtyamov are fine as backups to Woll and a whole lot cheaper.
I cringed mightily when tredeadthing signed him to that extension…for what reason?
Another goofball move from that goofball GM.

16 May 2026 22:02:43
All righty folks
Had a couple brewskies ?? sitting on my deck
That’s my excuse if y’all hate this and destroy it in the comments section ?
Watching the Jays take it in the 10th
Typing this on the go…

Islanders
Matthews
Benoit
Robertson

Leafs
Palat for cap
Ritchie
Eiserman
Aitcheson
1st 2027
2nd 2028

My prediction: AM 34 wants out
Leafs rebuild is on

Oilers
Rielly
Stolarz, Leafs retain 25 percent
Lorentz

Leafs
Nurse
Akey
2nd 2026
The Morgan show is over in Toronto
Oil get a goalie and escape the nurse contract
Leafs get Nurse, local boy who has a resurgence as a Leaf
Prospect pool ? with Akey and the 2nd

Sharks
Nylander
Carlo
Domi

Leafs 2nd overall pick
Musty
Lund

Sharks are ready for the next step
Nylander in sunny California ?
Sharks need d. Enter... Carlo

Sign
Andersson
Kulak
Laughton


Joshua to Hawks 4th 2026 to Leafs
Palat to Ducks 4th 2026 to
Leafs.

Leafs retain 50 percent

With the two picks
Mckenna
Stenberg
Take the best players available
These 2 are it
With our 2nd round pick would like Brady Knowling
The 6’5” goalie
With the Oiler pick Alessandro Di Iorio
Center from Vaughan
Saw him play a few times
? hockey IQ, good size, plays all 3 zones

My lineup for next season

Knies Ritchie Stenberg
Mckenna Tavares Cowan
Musty Laughton Lund
Quillan Grouix Haymes

OEL Andersson
McCabe Tanev
Nurse Kulak
Thrun

Woll Hildeby

Young forward group
Veteran defence

Young defenders percolating
Danford
Villeneuve
Akey
Aitcheson
Chadwick
Johannson


Young forwards percolating
Eiserman
Holinka
Koblar
Moldenhauer
Hopkins
Valis
Di Iorio


Goalies percolating
Akhtyamov (although he may beat out Hildeby at training camp)
Peksa
Knowling

17 May 2026 22:53:41
I am on board, buddy. Good prop? Other then I think we take a Reid or Verheoff with one of those firsts. Either way I like what u did and the way the team is set up for the next gen and runs to 100% come with this squad.

16 May 2026 19:36:47
To Vancouver
1OA
Rielly

To Toronto
3OA
Buium

Thoughts?

16 May 2026 21:59:16
God no.

17 May 2026 00:43:34
Well that’s not gonna work for the Leafs at all.
So a big no from me.

17 May 2026 23:51:50
At 77 years of age I must be getting a little slow!
But what does 10A and 30A refer to?

18 May 2026 00:06:39
1st Overall
3rd Overall

16 May 2026 18:05:44
Dallas
Matthews
Robertson
Benoit
Avs 1st 2027

Leafs
Harley
Johnston
Cameron Schmidt
1st 2027
2nd 2026

16 May 2026 14:04:14
A flip of RFAs who need a change of scenery

To Utah: F - N. Robertson

To Tor: C - B. Hayton

Both players are roughly the same age.

Hayton - 67 GP - 10G 15A

Robertson - 78 GP - 16G 16A

Both are RFAs and need new deals.

16 May 2026 15:38:55
I like this trade for Toronto. I think Hayton would be a solid 3C, great on draws and is defensively responsible (can also PK).
Utah can use a LW middle 6 goal scorer as well, but I think Leafs need to add a lower draft pick to get this over the finish line (maybe a 2026 5th or possibly a 4th).
Good target.

16 May 2026 19:30:23
I'd be good with it.

17 May 2026 00:44:34
Leafs would need to add a 3rd rd pick.

16 May 2026 13:59:33
First off, rumors on the Leafs trading or not selecting McKennna are ridiculous, when a generational talent comes along and you're picking 1st, you pick them!

Remember the debate of Matthews and Laine, now look at that?

As well, McKenna is the only player in this draft that the Leafs take that likely can play this year!

Leafs will go into the season to win with McKenna and Matthews, if they are on the outside looking in at trade deadline, look for the Leafs to move Matthews.

For now

To SJS: D - M. Rielly + 2026 2nd

To TOR: 2026 1st (20th pick)

This gives the Sharks a veteran blue liner while only dropping back 1 round.

16 May 2026 15:31:48
Hey I’m not saying McKenna isn’t really good, but I have a problem with you saying Generational... He’s not that, bud. Also, what do the Leafs need more than anything??? Right, and true 1# Defender. So, the package we could get additionally by trading our first Ova could yield a lot more. Just saying getting a guy like Chase Reid or Keaton Verheoff could be exactly what we need.

Plus say a NHL ready centre or another good young power forward. Idk there’s options out there for this pick. I believe the Leafs are exploring bc the guys are not generational. Looking at adding quantity might be the play.

16 May 2026 15:48:39
I agree with you Henry77. Bedard is also a very very good player, but 3 years in he is still not hitting the Generational type numbers people had him pegged for. I am not saying he won't eventually. But say it takes him 5 years to hit that stage and possibly the same for say McKenna.

I would rather have Robertson and Harley during their prime during that same timeframe. Just my own personal preference and not everyone else's.

16 May 2026 15:52:23
My way of addressing the Generational thing from this post and the one below that also said Generational and had Robertson and Groulx going for Harley and Robertson and TorontoBuds calling McKenna Generational in it as well.

16 May 2026 19:34:06
I think generational gets thrown out a bit too much. That said, McKenna's vision, hockey IQ and ability to hold onto pucks until the last possible moment and then make a slick little pass to a teammate, probably is generational. But I don't think he as a whole is. Still no doubt he would be my pick.

16 May 2026 19:43:27
McKenna's point totals in the WHL a year ago were greater than both Bedard and McDavid in the same year for both of them.

When elite talent comes along, you draft it! Figure D out through trades.

17 May 2026 23:57:53
The term “Generational Talent” is used far too loosely.
MacKinnon was a generational talent talent.
McDavid was a generational talent talent.
Matthews was a generational talent talent.
McKenna might become a point person game player but he isn’t a generational talent.

There is every reason to believe that Ivar Stenberg will be ready for the NHL this year as well.
He has been playing against men in the SHL.

18 May 2026 01:36:34
Everyone always talks (Myself inclluded) about the 32 players up for grabs in the 1st round. Let's just hope that our scouting staff can find those hidden gems in the lower rounds. 2nr 3rd and 4th rounders. That's sometimes where the actual Stanley Cup runs through is those guys that everyone missed.

Case in point. 1988 Draft. Modano went 1st overall scored 1374 points in 22 seasons. 1 Stanley Cup. Jeremy Roanick went 8th overall scored 1216 points in 20 seasons 0 Stanley Cups. Rod Brindamour went #9 overall scored 1184 points in 21 seasons 1 Stanley Cup.

Teemu Selanni went 10th overall scored 1457 points in 21 seasons 1 Stanley Cup.

Drafted in the 4th round that year #67th overall was Mark Recchi (One of my fave players to watch.) He merely outscored each of those 1st round guys 1533 points in 22 years and..... He won 3 Stanley Cups. The most impressive part was he won those cups with 3 separate teams. That is the kind of player we need to look for. We need to turn over every stone.

16 May 2026 12:59:15
Dallas
1st overall
Grouix



Leafs
Harley
Robertson

16 May 2026 12:55:17
If the Leafs got to sign one of the top 10 wingers (left or right) and all they are giving up is Groulx as compensation and they are giving up the 1st overall for one of the Top 15 Defenseman in the game.

That’s a no brainer for Toronto to do. Dallas, it makes no sense even with their cap issues. I’m sure they could shop for a better package than that.

16 May 2026 13:00:17
Makes no sense for the Leafs to not take the generational talent.

16 May 2026 23:07:40
Please stop with the "Generational". They said Bedard was Generational, now McKenna is Generational and they are saying Landon Dupont for next year is also Generational and if he would have been in this year's draft might have gone first. So in 5 years we have 3 "Generational" players. How long is a Generation now? lol.

17 May 2026 23:52:38
Orr
Gretzky
Lemieux
McDavid
Ovechkin

Modern day generational talents.
That’s all I have in my books.

18 May 2026 00:02:24
With Robertson set to make $11 - $12 million on his extension and Harley set to make $10.5 on his extension, how do Leafs fit this under their cap if all they are sending back is a draftpick and Grouiix?

18 May 2026 01:11:11
If we got Harley then we can do a salary dump on Reilly to a team for a couple of 2nd round picks or someone's late 1st rounder. Rather than taking a roster player that team has not use for and we probably don't either in return. Those picks could be packaged into something good down the road or packeged into another trade deal sooner.

19 May 2026 16:13:36
Golf just saw that post. So, Crosby isn’t generational? Ya he is over Ovi, sorry pal. 3 cups to one man's a beauty. I’m a Ovi fan too, kinda feel like both are, but Crosby still over 8.

16 May 2026 00:34:51
Stenberg looked good today vs Canada
He is NHL ready
Is that important to the Leafs right now?
Mckenna is an undeniable talent
But is a string bean currently
His mom should slip him gravy on his fries, not vodka drinks
I digress …

Matthews to Philly
Carlo and Robertson goes with him

Nesbitt
Foerster
Luchanko
Jiricek
1st 2026
1st 2028

And we draft….

1st overall
Mckenna

16 May 2026 00:35:38
If you want to trade with Philly I would want our own 1st round pick back... because it might be a high pick! Haha

16 May 2026 01:01:41
Is it the 2027 pick or 2028?
I think it’s 2028.
I want our own pick back as well!!

16 May 2026 08:11:05
McKenna has 4 months to put on at least 15 pounds. That is so damn easy especially when the Leafs draft Jim. Realistically you could put on 30+ pounds but no need to do that.

16 May 2026 15:34:53
Add Porter Martone to that Philly pkg and our first coming back and maybe Bonk and they can all go and us Leaf fans are extremely happy and dangerous. Still think we need a stud dman tho potentially with our pick at first.

16 May 2026 15:54:04
If his Mom switches him from Vodka to Beer he can beef up faster lol