It's judgement day for Ilya Samsonov.

Guy Boucher and Mike Van Ryn join the Leafs.

The Leafs have a cap space problem. That's the widely held view, at any rate. But do they?

Reporters are speculating that the Ilya Samsonov contract will be settled out of court, with a low multi-year deal in the low-3's.

There are three goalies heading to arbitration starting this week, and barring settlements in advance, all three have very good to excellent arbitration cases, and will get raises.

Scouting Toronto's latest defenseman prospect, Noah Chadwick. He profiles as a solid all-around defender who could get even better once he adds some muscle and improves his skating.

After determining their first season of virtual boards were a "success," the NHL has partnered with a company

In a startling turn of events, the Maple Leafs have hired someone from the Pittsburgh Penguins. This is not how we were led to believe this summer would unfold.

This is the Tuesday Maple Leafs chat post. Enjoy!

Looking at the scouting reports and mechanics for the Toronto Maple Leafs' recent 5th round pick: Hudson Malinoski.

Like sands through the hourglass, so go the days until arbitration hearings.

Welcome to a special back-from-the-beach episode of Back to Excited, where Fulemin and I chat about the Leafs offseason moves. We may do random one-off podcasts from time to time going forward, though we will not be resuming our usually weekly schedule going forward.

Some news about hockey, charity, the Leafs, the Marlies, all for you to chat about on July 15th and 16th.

All the news we can find for a Friday in July.

Looking at a final, overall assessment of Easton Cowan, his future projection, and if Toronto was right to use their first round pick to draft him.

Wayne Gretzky was on a Leafs Nation podcast the other day where he gave the player's perspective on

The Toronto Marlies, along with the entirety of the AHL, have released their 2023-24 schedule, including opening weekend on October 14th and 15th.

Breaking down the specific strengths and weaknesses of Easton Cowan's game, using scouting reports and video clips. This covers his skating, puck handling, passing, shooting, physicality/defense, and hockey smarts.

Remember NFT's? The NHL thinks they're still cool.

When the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Easton Cowan with the 28th overall pick, it produced a mixed reaction. But Toronto has done the same thing with Knies and Minten, so is Cowan set to follow the same path?

Nick Abruzzese is still waiting to sign a contract.

All the arbitration hearing dates are now set.

Are you less than impressed about the free agent additions? I try to find something nice to say about everyone.

On Saturday, Toronto wrapped up it's development camp with a scrimmage. Read up on who was said to have strong camps, and who looked good at the scrimmage.

It's not the slowest point of the off-season yet, but boy it's getting there.