​The Toronto Maple Leafs have been one of the most active teams this NHL off-season on the forward front, specifically on July 1, when the league’s free agency period became live.Leafs GM John Chayka signed five forwards and acquired another one in a trade, all on the same day. With the club looking to leave the disappointing 2025-26 campaign in the past, basically half of the team’s forward group has been revamped.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementToronto looks to turn the page from this past year and get back to the post-season after missing the dance for the first time in a decade.Of course, that won’t be an easy task in the Atlantic Division, where every team is looking to be a playoff team. But in a division with eight teams, only a maximum of five can qualify.On the topic of forwards, where do the Maple Leafs rank in that department on paper among their divisional peers?From the beginning of the 2025-26 season to now, the Maple Leafs’ forward group has seen an overhaul to some degree.Some of that change began when Brad Treliving was still running the operation as GM. At the trade deadline from this past year, Toronto moved three solid NHL roster forwards in exchange for future assets. They traded away centers Nicolas Roy and Scott Laughton, as well as left winger Bobby McMann.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt’s also worth mentioning that David Kampf moved on from the Leafs after not earning any ice time with the team this past year. He joined the Vancouver Canucks in November as a free agent following his contract termination with Toronto.At the end of this past season, the Maple Leafs parted ways with a couple of more forwards, including left wingers Matias Maccelli and Nick Robertson, as well as right winger Calle Jarnkrok.This summer, Maccelli was an RFA. However, with Toronto deciding not to give the Finn a qualifying offer, he became a UFA. The New York Islanders went on to sign him to a one-year contract at $2.25 million.Robertson was Chayka’s first piece of business when the calendar flipped to July. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2028 fourth-round pick, reuniting with Kyle Dubas, the former GM of the Leafs who drafted Robertson 53rd overall in 2019.Report: Ex-Maple Leafs Forward Nick Robertson Settles On 2-Year Deal With Penguins Report: Ex-Maple Leafs Forward Nick Robertson Settles On 2-Year Deal With Penguins After a tumultuous tenure in Toronto, the former second-round pick avoided arbitration and agreed to a multi-year deal that could reshape the Penguins’ middle-six. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFor Jarnkrok, after some years of mediocrity and lacking influence on the ice, he remains a UFA as the four-year contract that he signed with Toronto in July 2022 has expired. All signs point to the 34-year-old turning to a new chapter of his hockey career outside of Toronto.The forwards joining the roster for next season include Jack Roslovic, Colton Sissons, Teddy Blueger, Brandon Duhaime, Nick P