It’s never too early to be thinking about hockey as the Toronto Maple Leafs released its preseason schedule for the 2025-26 season.
Toronto will start the preseason with a home-and-home against the Ottawa Senators, travelling to the Canadian Tire Centre on September 21 for its preseason opener, before squaring off against the provincial rival at home on September 23.
Following a renewed Battle of Ontario, the Maple Leafs will take on the Montreal Canadiens in another home-and-home series, heading to the Bell Centre on September 25, before returning to Scotiabank Arena on September 27 for a home date.
Toronto will conclude the preseason with yet another home-and-home series against the Detroit Red Wings on October 2, concluding the preseason on the road on October 4.
The six preseason games will provide Maple Leafs fans with their first chance to take a look at what’s promised to be a new roster, as several key players are heading to free agency. It’s also a chance to see top prospects Easton Cowan, Ben Danford and Artur Akhtyamov make thei cases for roster spots, providing a window into an uncertain future for the Maple Leafs.
Toronto posted a 4-2-0 record during the 2024-25 preseason, winning the latter four contests. Nick Robertson and Dennis Hildeby were among the preseason standouts, Philippe Myers, Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz earned their roster spots, while the Maple Leafs continued to implement the principles of Craig Berube’s pragmatic, north-south approach. It will be compelling to see which players take a step during this year’s preseason and make a case for further playing time, as the Maple Leafs return seven defencemen under NHL contract, while Auston Matthews and William Nylander are now responsible for carrying the bulk of the offence.
Which of these games are you looking most forward to? The 2024-25 season may have just concluded, but we can’t wait for the puck to drop once again.
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