Maple Leafs Ranked Among NHL's Best in Important Roster Metric

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the most exciting teams to watch heading into the next NHL season, and they have earned recognition as one of the league's deepest teams. After the structural and roster changes made by the Toronto franchise, fans and the media are paying close attention to what the 2026-27 season could look like for the Leafs. Although they haven't proven anything yet, since all of these changes happened during the offseason, some experts and analysts already consider them one of the best rosters heading into the upcoming campaign. Maple Leafs Named Among NHL's Deepest Rosters The Hockey News ranked the four best teams in the NHL in terms of squad depth and included the Maple Leafs on that list. The argument is that they not only landed the No. 1 overall draft pick, Gavin McKenna, but also rebuilt their bottom-six forward group and goaltending options by adding players such as Sergei Bobrovsky, while strengthening their defense with players of Darren Raddysh's caliber. 'Say what you will about the Maple Leafs' sub-par performances this past season, when they fell to last place in the Atlantic Division and 15th place in the Eastern Conference. But new GM John Chayka earned a lot of praise this summer with the slew of changes he's made to Toronto's roster,' The Hockey News' Adam Proteau wrote. He added, 'The Maple Leafs are still going to face an uphill battle getting into the Stanley Cup playoffs, but Chayka has given his group the depth it needs to compete.' Below, we take a detailed look at what the Maple Leafs' roster looks like as of today, ahead of the start of the upcoming season. Player Age Position Teddy Blueger 32 C Brendan Brisson 24 C Brandon Buhr 24 RW Easton Cowan 21 RW Max Domi 31 C Brandon Duhaime 29 RW Bo Groulx 26 C Luke Haymes 23 C Miroslav Holinka 20 C Dakota Joshua 30 C Matthew Knies 23 LW Tinus Luc Koblar 19 C Vinni Lettieri 31 C Steven Lorentz 30 C Zack MacEwen 30 C Auston Matthews 28 C Gavin McKenna 18 LW William Nylander 30 RW Nick Paul 31 LW Michael Pezzetta 28 LW Jacob Quillan 24 C Jack Roslovic 29 C Henrik Rybinski 25 RW Landon Sim 22 RW Colton Sissons 32 C John Tavares 35 C Ryan Tverberg 24 C Borya Valis 22 RW Emil Andrae 24 D Vinny Borgesi 22 D Noah Chadwick 21 D Ben Danford 20 D Oliver Ekman-Larsson 35 D Hayes Hundley 21 D Jake McCabe 32 D Cole McWard 25 D Dakota Mermis 32 D Philippe Myers 29 D Darren Raddysh 30 D Morgan Rielly 32 D Marshall Rifai 28 D Blake Smith 21 D Troy Stecher 32 D Chris Tanev 36 D William Villeneuve 24 D Cade Webber 25 D Artur Akhtyamov 24 G Sergei Bobrovsky 37 G Samuel Hlavaj 25 G Anthony Stolarz 32 G