2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

[CarltonTheBear]

I can see that. I hope it's not the case because I still hold some hope that he finds a way to stick in the lineup and his value is always going to be higher to the Leafs if he figures that out than trading him.

I'm not itching to see Robertson go but I just don't see where he fits. He's not playing on the top line. He doesn't make a ton of sense on the Tavares-Nylander line given that they'll prioritize either a playmaker (Maccelli/Domi) or a forechecker (McMann/Joshua) as the 3rd player over another shooter. And he's not going to play on a 3rd line that's going to get completely opposite usage than it did last season.

So I mean that leaves a 4th line with Laughton and one of Lorentz/Pezzetta/Jarnkrok. Maybe he can do some offensive damage along two grinders but obviously his minutes would be limited.

 

[ZBBM]

MLHS quote:

The best thing we can say right now about the top-six shift is that at least Pontus Holmberg was removed as an option.

You'll be reading a lot of sentences like that this season: lots of analysis that is much ado about very little.

 

[herman]

Cap Wages has some handy data (sometimes wrong) showing how teams acquire the players in their line up.

Leafs 2025 roster

	Forward	Defense	Goalie
Draft	4	1	1
Trade	4	3	0
UFA	7	3	1

Robertson is counted here (draft); Joshua is counted as trade.