Despite having a 2024-25 season that would qualify as the best year for many NHL players, Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews didn't live up to his usual standard because of a lingering injury.

The latest early post-season exit by the Toronto Maple Leafs sparked considerable media conjecture suggesting big changes could be coming this off-season.

Tavares, like Marner, grew up in the Toronto area dreaming of being a Maple Leaf. When he left the New York Islanders to sign a seven-year, $77 million contract ($11 million average annual value) on July 1, 2018, he publicly announced his decision by posting a childhood photo on social media of sleeping under Maple Leafs covers.

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is plenty to cover from the Winnipeg Jets’ end-of-season media avail. Meanwhile, could the Toronto Maple Leafs trade Mitch Marner ahead of free agency on July 1?

The conference final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is now set after a Game 7 clash between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

The Florida Panthers will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals, in what is a do-or-die game at Scotiabank Arena.

The Florida Panthers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series Sunday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a pulse. Auston Matthews has a pulse. There will be a Game 7 in Toronto after the visiting Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers, 2-0, in Game 6. Coming into Friday night,

Domi languished out of place in the middle. Three consecutive icings by his line in Game 3 spurred the goal that cut the Leafs’ 3-1 lead to one. In other words, it prompted the Panthers’ comeback in a game that could have all but ended the series.

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice after receiving an injury from being clipped by a player during the first period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series between the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) AP

Max Pacioretty had no answer when asked whether he'd like to play in the NHL for another season. It was a strenuous year for the 36-year-old forward. He dealt with injuries throughout the year, the most recent being in February, which kept him out of the Toronto Maple Leafs' lineup until Game 3 against the Ottawa Senators.