2025-2026 Leafs Season

[glamphotographer]

The Leafs could be in the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes.

 

[roddermac]

The Leafs could be in the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes.

Not happening. The Bruins own their first round pick via the Brandon Carlo trade.

 

[glamphotographer]

Not happening. The Bruins own their first round pick via the Brandon Carlo trade.

Then the Leafs better make the fuckin playoffs.

 

[superstar_88]

It's 15 games in. Even the mighty Montreal Canadiens have lost 5 games. Leafs have lost 7.
Boston was in last place in the Atlantic only 6 games ago. Leafs haven't yet played their 1A goalie.

 

[roddermac]

Then the Leafs better make the fuckin playoffs.

Top 5 protected for Brandon Carlo.
2027 top 10 protected for Scott Laughton.

 

[superstar_88]

Leafs offense is top 5 in the league so that's not the problem.
They're second overall in giveaways per 60. That's a problem.
Team save percentage .877 is 28th overall. That's a problem.

 

[K Douglas]

Maccelli is finally starting to show his potential. But damn this Nicolas Roy guy has been a big disappointment so far.

 

[glamphotographer]

Not happening. The Bruins own their first round pick via the Brandon Carlo trade.

I did some research on the 1st-round pick in 2026 given to Boston; it's lottery-protected, top-5-protected. So the Leafs can claim a top-5 pick if they choose to. Then the Leafs can surrender their 2027 1st pick, which is top-10 lottery protected. If the Leafs keep that pick, then they surrender their 2028 1st pick.

 

[tombrady12]

The Leafs have too much talent to end up in the lottery.

 

[roddermac]

I did some research on the 1st-round pick in 2026 given to Boston; it's lottery-protected, top-5-protected. So the Leafs can claim a top-5 pick if they choose to. Then the Leafs can surrender their 2027 1st pick, which is top-10 lottery protected. If the Leafs keep that pick, then they surrender their 2028 1st pick.

Either way they are not getting Gavin McKenna or the first overall pick.

 

[glamphotographer]

The Leafs have too much talent to end up in the lottery.

Talent is nothing if they don't work hard enough.

 

[tombrady12]

Talent is nothing if they don't work hard enough.

It is compared to other teams with no talent that don't work hard.

 

[roddermac]

Maccelli is finally starting to show his potential. But damn this Nicolas Roy guy has been a big disappointment so far.

We accepted Roy so Marner could get the 8th year. SMFH

 

[glamphotographer]

The Gavin McKenna Sweepstakes is back for the Leafs. The Leafs could use him in place of Marner.

 

[superstar_88]

I did some research on the 1st-round pick in 2026 given to Boston; it's lottery-protected, top-5-protected. So the Leafs can claim a top-5 pick if they choose to. Then the Leafs can surrender their 2027 1st pick, which is top-10 lottery protected. If the Leafs keep that pick, then they surrender their 2028 1st pick.

Leafs don't have their 2027 pick. That was traded to get Laughton. Last season Leafs traded two first round picks. Their 2026 and 2027.

 

[glamphotographer]

Leafs don't have their 2027 pick. That was traded to get Laughton. Last season Leafs traded two first round picks. Their 2026 and 2027.

Yes, that pick is a top-10 pick, lottery-protected. The conditions are very complicated. It is difficult to explain. For now, just know, if the Leafs suck this year, the Leafs will most likely keep their top 5 pick. The Leafs could surrender their 2028 and 2029 top picks.

From Google Gemini AI.

2026 Pick Condition (Boston Trade)


The pick is Top-5 Protected in the 2026 NHL Draft:

• If the pick is 6th overall or later: The pick is immediately transferred to the Boston Bruins.
• If the pick is 1st through 5th overall (Top-5): The Maple Leafs keep the pick, and it slides to the 2027 NHL Draft.
  
  

The Complication (Flyers Trade)


If the pick slides to 2027, the conditions get more complicated because the Leafs separately traded their 2027 1st-round pick (Top-10 Protected) to the Philadelphia Flyers (in the Scott Laughton deal).

• If the pick slides to 2027, the Bruins will receive the pick UNLESS... the 2027 pick is Top-10 Protected (for the Flyers' condition) or is owed to the Flyers due to the prior trade.
• In the most extreme scenario where both the 2026 pick (to Boston) and the 2027 pick (to Philadelphia) are protected, the pick owed to the Bruins would ultimately become an unprotected 2028 1st-round pick.

In short: Yes, it is Top-5 Protected in 2026.

 

[tml]

Top 5 protected for Brandon Carlo.
2027 top 10 protected for Scott Laughton.

I hope and pray the Leafs don't make any trades at the deadline this year. They usually get fleeced.

 

[Birf]

This was a game of keepaway against Carolina. Outshot 20-2 in the 3rd. The score flattered the leafs as hillbebeast played pretty well.

As of now they don't look like a playoff team. Carolina need to break through sometime, maybe this year.

 

[roddermac]

I hope and pray the Leafs don't make any trades at the deadline this year. They usually get fleeced.

They got nothing left to trade other than Easton Cowan.

 

[glamphotographer]

I hope and pray the Leafs don't make any trades at the deadline this year. They usually get fleeced.

All the GMs are on alert; they don't want to go down in history for a Doug Glimour-type deal.