Max Domi won’t be on the ice when the Maple Leafs open training camp, and for now there’s no timetable for when that changes.
Toronto general manager John Chayka told The Canadian Press on Friday that the veteran forward remains sidelined because of complications from off-season surgery. Chayka said Domi will be evaluated, but the team is not expecting him back at the start of camp.
“Max is going to come and be evaluated. He’s not going to be ready to start training camp.
He’s going to be out indefinitely. At the right time in the near future, he wants to address it himself, and I think that’s best for him to do … we’ll leave it at that,” Chayka said, according to Josh Clipperton of The Canadian Press, who shared the quote on his X account.
That update lands four months after Toronto announced on May 25 that Domi had undergone surgery to deal with an undisclosed issue he had played through during the 2025-26 season. At the time, the club said complications had left him out indefinitely and that he would keep working with team medical staff before being re-evaluated at camp.
Domi, 31, played in 80 games last season and posted 12 goals and 24 assists. He’s in the second year of the four-year, $15-million contract he signed with Toronto in July 2024, a deal that carries a $3.75-million cap hit through 2027-28. The Winnipeg native has two seasons left on the contract.
Chayka knows Domi well. Their connection goes back to Domi’s days with the London Knights and later with the Arizona Coyotes, where Chayka was general manager.
Chayka took over as Leafs GM on May 3 as part of a front-office shakeup that also brought in Mats Sundin as senior executive adviser of hockey operations. Jim Hiller was hired in mid-June to replace Craig Berube behind the bench.
Toronto has been operating above the salary cap after its offseason additions, and Domi’s situation has naturally become part of that conversation. If he opens the regular season on long-term injured reserve, it would create cap space, a possibility that has been discussed around the club this summer.
Chayka said in early July that Domi was progressing and that camp would give the team a clearer read, adding that he believed Domi would be “a big part of this.” Friday’s update pushed that outlook back considerably.
Domi has not spoken publicly about the surgery or the complications. Chayka said the player plans to address it himself “at the right time in the near future.” The team still has not detailed the procedure or what went wrong.
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