Jani Hakanpaa is inching closer to becoming a full participant at the Toronto Maple Leafs training camp as he continues to recover from a knee injury sustained last season with the Dallas Stars. The Athletic's Jonas Siegel thinks that, depending on his availability, the Leafs will need to change their plans.

Having too many good defencemen is never a bad thing. And when he’s healthy Jani Hakanpaa looks like he might be a pretty good defenceman, at least in the bottom pairing capacity.

After initially joining the Toronto Maple Leafs in July but delaying the signing of his contract until early September, Jani Hakanpaa finally broke the silence on the reason behind that delay and his career outlook.

As the NHL preseason is now currently in full flight, the Toronto Maple Leafs have their eyes once again firmly set to compete for the Stanley Cup this upcoming

Toronto Maple Leafs training camp is underway. Going into camp, there are several notes and news coming out of Leafs Land. On Wednesday, the Maple Leafs had their media day.

Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach Craig Berube told reporters Wednesday that Jani Hakanpaa will start training camp with a group of mostly prospects, raising doubts as to whether the defenseman will be ready for opening night on Oct.

Training camp hasn’t started yet and new Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube is already shaking things up. Berube met with the media Tuesday and said William Nylander will start at centre. Nylander was drafted as a centre when the Maple Leafs selected him eighth overall in 2014 but has primarily played on the wing over his nine seasons with the team.