We’re now David Kampf days away from the 2025-26 regular season for the Maple Leafs kicking off.
Of course, who knows if Kampf will be on the roster in 64 days, but it sure is nice to countdown to something. Summer’s dragging on.
At any rate, we kicked off the latest summer edition of Leafs Morning Take by addressing Nick Robertson’s new contract —brought to you by Simply Spiked. In case you missed, over the weekend, the Leafs and the 23-year-old avoided arbitration agreeing to a one-year deal worth $1.825 million. As expected, the two parties met essentially right in the middle ahead of Sunday’s scheduled meeting in front of an arbitrator. Honestly, this was the best-case scenario for both parties, especially if they aim to work together over the coming weeks to find a new destination for Robertson. The last thing you want is a contentious atmosphere. In 69 games this past season, the winger potted 15 goals and 22 points. Any way you slice it, Toronto has too many forwards, so they will need to do something between now and the season opener on October 8th.
Then, we talked some John Tavares, who was 1 of 42 players invited to Team Canada’s Orientation Camp in Calgary ahead of next February’s Olympic games in Italy. It’s great to see Tavares get recognition, but ultimately, it’s unlikely that he will actually make the team. That said, it will be interesting to see if the team’s picked a tad differently because of the way the tournament will be officiated under IIHF rules. That’s always wonky.
To wrap, we dished on the Nylander brothers. Alex inked a one-year extension with the Marlies and William won the 2025 Guldpucken, an award given annually to Sweden’s top ice hockey player of the year. Nylander potted a career high 45 goals for the Maple Leafs in 2024-25, adding a team leading 15 points in 13 Stanley Cup Playoff outings.
We’ll be back on Thursday at 11 AM ET for another summer edition of Leafs Morning Take.
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