The Maple Leafs have a grand total of 10 Saturday-night home games in 2025-26 and the first comes this weekend when the Seattle Kraken visits Scotiabank Arena.

Not exactly a matchup of storied National Hockey League rivals for , is it?

The Leafs’ fourth game of a five-game home stand will cap a week of some intriguing storylines regarding the blue and white.

Some thoughts on what has transpired in the past few days and what’s to come:

PONDERING PELLEY

At the National Hockey League board of governors meeting this week in New York, MLSE president and CEO Keith Pelley told Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic/TSN that it’s “go time” for the Leafs.

Forgive us, but we thought it always has been that way for the primary tenants of Scotiabank Arena. Certainly for the past decade.

The context: Wit

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