Cathy Squires

June isn't just for the draft, it's also the time to sign RFAs to extensions. There is just over three weeks to make offers, so take a quick refresher on how it all works and who the Leafs have pending.

The Leafs scouting staff are hard at work in Buffalo looking for new prospects who will hope to become part of the bright Maple Leaf future. They started at the top with an interview with Auston Matthews.

The Marlies playoffs came to a screeching halt on Sunday afternoon. While Sheldon Keefe presided over an amazing season as a rookie coach, the AHL isn't like other leagues. It isn't all about the Cup.

Toronto did a deal with the Sharks, and while the Leafs are anticipating the picks they got out of it, the Sharks have three former Leafs going to the Stanley Cup Final.

Three years into his career, Tyson Barrie is top of the list of trade rumours. But he is challenging for bottom of the list in Corsi. Is that a measure of the man or the team? Is this a deal the Leafs should try to make?

The World Cup of Hockey roster for Finland has some familiar names on it from the recent World Championships.

In the spring, the Russians named a lop-sided preliminary roster with only three defencemen. They've submitted the final 23-man version and as expected Maple Leafs defender Nikita Zaitsev is on the team.

Frank Corrado didn't just appear by chance; his arrival in Toronto was part of a whole series of events that all started when Vancouver chose a defenceman in the 2012 draft. The effects of that one event affected more players than just Corrado, and it hasn't stopped yet.

After the bronze medal and the all-star team at the World Championships, Nikita Zaitsev had one more award to win at the annual KHL awards ceremony.

The Leafs players have some metal to remember Russia, and while the hoped-for future of the team was shut out, he has a lot of bling in his future. The bad news is European hockey is over for another year!

The two final matches are set, and there is a Leafs player on three of the teams and one we expect to see drafted on the fourth. That's three medals coming into the Leafs dressing room next year, it's just a question of who gets which colour.

All four teams left in the World Championships have a Leaf player on the team. , if you stretch the definition to include Auston Matthews for the USA. So you can find someone to cheer for no matter what happens!

Not yet well enough to travel, Johnson's season is almost certainly over, but he's stuck waiting to go home.

All of the quarterfinals are done, and Auston Matthews was the name on everyone's lips as the USA staged the only upset of the day.

It's quarterfinal day! There are four games today, so get ready to watch Auston Matthews, Leo Komarov, Nikita Zaitsev and Morgan Rielly try to make it through to the semis.

Is Nikita Zaitsev the best defender on his team? How is Morgan Rielly doing? And don't forget Martin Marincin, his results might surprise you.

Finland shut out Canada 4-0 to take the first overall spot in the IIHF World Championships, while Russia and Nikita Zaitsev easily beat Sweden 4-1.

Last night after Clune scored the game winning goal, he had more words for Andrew Campbell, a man who was there when he needed him, than he did for himself.

It's the last day of the round robin and all the Leafs players are in action. Yes, Martin Marincin too. Here's your schedule and a preview of what's at stake.

Hindsight is the best. You have all the data at your fingertips, and you know now what you didn't know then. When the Leafs made deadline deals, we guessed at how good or bad they are, now we can take another look and see how they measure up.

He shocked everyone else too, likely himself even, but he scored the game winner in Germany's 3-2 regulation win over the USA at the World Championships.

As the round robin portion of the event heads to the clash of titans on Tuesday when Canada plays Finland, there are Leafs players in action today.

It's not the longest suspension given for an illegal check to the head this season, but it's close. It's also no the first suspension for Dan Kelly or for the Albany Devils

Keefe called the hit by Dan Kelly on Johnson sickening and hard to watch.

A dangerous open-ice illegal check to the head takes Andreas Johnson out of the game.