exclusive details The challenge awaiting Matias Maccelli with chance to carve out Islanders role — and reset career By Andrew Crane Published July 26, 2026, 10:51 p.m. ET Matias Maccelli is pictured during an April 11 game. NHLI via Getty Images The roller-coaster start last year was fitting for Matias Maccelli.
It captured his career — so much potential, then a step back — to that point.
When the Maple Leafs opened their campaign, Maccelli skated alongside Auston Matthews on the top line, occupying Mitch Marner’s former spot that required creating for one of the league’s stars.
“I don’t think anyone thought he was gonna be Mitch Marner 2.0,” Mike Johnson, a TSN analyst, told The Post.
