The Maple Leafs made six picks in the 2025 NHL draft on Saturday.

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports that the Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights have engaged in talks regarding a potential sign-and-trade for Mitch Marner. The 102-point winger is due to become the league's most prized unrestricted free agent on Tuesday.

"I think you'd always like to get something, right," Leafs general manager Brad Treliving acknowledged during a post-draft media session. "That's not always the case. That's probably as far as I want to get into it, but we'll see how things go."

Treliving declined to get into details when pressed specifically about Vegas' interest.

"That was a good try, though," he said with a grin. "I'm not going to comment. Tuesday's free agency, we'll continue to work our way at things, but nothing to report on that front."

Are the chances of trading Marner's rights increasing as the opening of free agency nears?

"I don't know," Treliving said. "I don't know if the chances are greater today than they were yesterday, or are they be better or worse tomorrow. And I understand. I understand the interest, but certainly we got nothing to report, and I don't want to get involved in speculation and how that runs. We'll see how things unfold."

During a meeting with reporters on Thursday, Treliving said he anticipated Marner would hit the open market "unless there's a significant change."

The Leafs have plenty of work to do before the free agent frenzy begins at noon ET on Canada Day.

"We got some internal business that we're focused on," Treliving said when asked about the pool of players available this year. "We got some of our own free agents that we continue to work at."

Other pending unrestricted free agents on the Leafs roster include wingers Max Pacioretty and Steven Lorentz. The team's pending restricted free agents include winger Matthew Knies, forward Pontus Holmberg and winger Nick Robertson.

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The Leafs made six selections in the draft on Saturday, including one in the second round, one in the third round, two in the fifth round, one in the sixth round and one in the seventh round. All the picks stand at least 6-foot-1.

"We just felt size was a big factor involved because there wasn't much difference in their skill set," said director of amateur scouting Mark Leach, who was overseeing his first draft with the Leafs. "I've drafted smaller players, but those smaller guys have to be so highly skilled, so highly intelligent, and probably with a knack........

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