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Conference Eastern
Division Atlantic
Founded 1917
History Toronto Blueshirts
1917–18
Toronto Arenas
1918–19
Toronto St. Patricks
1919February 14, 1927
Toronto Maple Leafs
February 14, 1927–present
Arena Scotiabank Arena
City Toronto, Ontario
Team Colours Blue, White
         
Media Leafs Nation Network
Sportsnet Ontario
TSN4
Sportsnet 590 The Fan
TSN Radio 1050
Owner(s) Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.
(Larry Tanenbaum, chairman)
General Manager Flag of Canada Kyle Dubas
Head Coach Flag of Canada Sheldon Keefe
Captain Flag of Canada John Tavares
Minor League affiliates Toronto Marlies (AHL)
Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL)
Championships
Stanley Cups 13 (1917–18, 1921–22, 1931–32, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67)
Presidents' Trophies 0
Conferences 0
Divisions 5 (1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1999–00, 2020-21)
Other
Official Website mapleleafs.nhl.com
Uniforms
Toronto Maple Leafs Home Uniform Toronto Maple Leafs Road Uniform Toronto Maple Leafs Alternate Uniform
Home ice
Toronto Maple Leafs ice rink logo

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The organization, one of the "Original Six" members of the NHL, is officially known as the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and is the leading subsidiary of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE). They have played at the Air Canada Centre (ACC) since 1999, after 68 years at Maple Leaf Gardens.

The Leafs are well known for their long and bitter rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens. Toronto has won eleven Stanley Cups as the Maple Leafs since the cup became solely competed for within the NHL in 1927. They also won two cups prior to this: one as the St. Patricks, and one as the Arenas. The franchise's 13 championships are second only to the Canadiens who have 24. However, the Leafs have not won the Cup at all since 1967, the longest-active drought in the NHL, and are the only Original Six team that has not won the Cup since the 1967 NHL expansion.

At $470 million (2009), the Leafs are the most valuable team in the NHL, followed by the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens.

Team history[]

Early years[]

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Original Logo (1927)

The National Hockey League was formed in 1917 in Montreal by teams formerly belonging to the National Hockey Association (NHA) that had a dispute with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts. The owners of the other four clubs – the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Quebec Bulldogs, and Ottawa Senators – wanted to get rid of Livingstone, but discovered that the NHA constitution didn't allow them to simply vote him out of the league. Instead, they opted to create a new league, the NHL, and didn't invite Livingstone to join them. They also remained voting members of the NHA, and thus had enough votes to suspend the other league's operations, effectively leaving Livingstone's squad in a one-team league.

However, the other clubs felt it would be unthinkable not to have a team from Toronto (Canada's second largest city at the time) in the new league. They also needed another team to balance the schedule after the Bulldogs suspended operations (and as it turned out, would not ice a team until 1919). Accordingly, the NHL granted a "temporary" Toronto franchise to the Arena Company, owners of the Arena Gardens. The Arena Company was allowed to lease the Blueshirts' players, but was given until the end of the season to resolve the dispute with Livingstone. This temporary franchise did not have an official name, but was informally called "the Blueshirts" or "the Torontos" by the fans and press. Under manager Charlie Querrie and coach Dick Carroll, the Toronto team won the Stanley Cup in the NHL's inaugural season. Although the roster was comprised almost entirely of former Blueshirts, the Maple Leafs do not claim the Blueshirts' history as their own.

For the next season, rather than return the Blueshirts' players to Livingstone as originally promised, the Arena Company formed its own team, the Toronto Arena Hockey Club, which was readily granted full-fledged membership in the NHL. Also that year, the Arena Company board decided that only NHL teams would be allowed to play at the Arena Gardens--a move which effectively killed the NHA.[1] Livingstone sued to get his players back. Mounting legal bills from the dispute forced the Arenas to sell most of their stars, resulting in a horrendous five-win season in 1918–19. When it was obvious that the Arenas would not be able to finish out the season, the NHL agreed to let the Arenas halt operations on February 20, 1919 and proceed directly to the playoffs. The Arenas' .278 winning percentage that season is still the worst in franchise history. However, since the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals ended without a winner due to the worldwide flu epidemic, the Arenas proclaimed themselves champions by default.

The legal dispute forced the Arena Company into bankruptcy, and it was forced to put the Arenas up for sale. Querrie put together a group that mainly consisted of the people who had run the senior amateur St. Patricks team in the Ontario Hockey Association. The new owners renamed the team the Toronto St. Patricks (or St. Pats for short) and would operate it until 1927. This period saw the team's jersey colours change from blue to green, as well as a second Stanley Cup championship in 1922.

During this time, the St. Patricks also allowed other teams to play in the Arena whenever their home rinks lacked proper ice in the warmer months. At the time, the Arena was the only facility east of Manitoba with artificial ice.[1]

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Conn Smythe era[]

Querrie lost a lawsuit to Livingstone and decided to put the St. Pats up for sale. He gave serious consideration to a $200,000 bid from a Philadelphia group. However, Toronto Varsity Graduates coach Conn Smythe put together an ownership group of his own and made a $160,000 offer for the franchise. With the support of St. Pats shareholder J. P. Bickell, Smythe persuaded Querrie to reject the Philadelphia bid, arguing that civic pride was more important than money.

After taking control on Valentine's Day 1927, Smythe immediately renamed the team the Maple Leafs (the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team had won the International League championship a few months earlier and had been using that name for 30 years). The Maple Leafs say that the name was chosen in honour of the Maple Leaf Regiment from World War I. As the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is formed by adding a simple 's' creating Maple Leafs (not *Maple Leaves). Another story says that Smythe named the team after a team he had once scouted, called the East Toronto Maple Leafs, while Smythe's grandson states that Conn named the team after the Maple Leaf insignia he had worn during the First World War.[2] Initial reports were that the team's colours would be changed to red and white,[3] but the Leafs were wearing white sweaters with a green maple leaf for their first game on February 17, 1927.[4] The next season, the Leafs appeared for the first time in the blue and white sweaters they have worn ever since. The Maple Leafs say that blue represents the Canadian skies and white represents snow, but it also follows the tradition of blue being Toronto's principal sporting colour starting with the Toronto Argonauts in 1873 and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues in 1877 (and later the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977).

1930s: Opening of Maple Leaf Gardens and first Maple Leaf dynasty[]

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Toronto Maple Leafs opening night program at MLG, November 12, 1931

After four more lacklustre seasons (including three with Smythe as coach), Smythe and the Leafs debuted at their new arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, with a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks on November 12, 1931.

Led by the "Kid Line" (Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau and Charlie Conacher) and coach Dick Irvin, the Leafs would capture their third Stanley Cup during the first season in their stadium, vanquishing the Montreal Maroons in the first round, the Boston Bruins in the semifinals, and the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals. Smythe took particular pleasure in defeating the Rangers that year; he had been tapped as the Rangers' first general manager and coach in the Rangers' inaugural season (1926–27), but had been fired in a dispute with Madison Square Garden management before the season.

The Leafs' star forward, Ace Bailey, was nearly killed in 1933 when Boston Bruins defenceman Eddie Shore checked him from behind into the boards at full speed. Maple Leafs defenceman Red Horner was able to knock Shore out with a punch, but it was too late as Bailey, who was by now writhing on the ice, had his career ended. The Leafs would hold the NHL's first All-Star Game to benefit Bailey.

The Leafs would reach the Finals five more times in the next seven years, but would not win, bowing out to the now-defunct Maroons in 1935, the Detroit Red Wings in 1936, the Chicago Black Hawks in 1938, Boston in 1939, and the hated Rangers in 1940. At this time, Smythe allowed Irvin to go to Montreal to help revive the then-moribund Canadiens, replacing him as coach with former Leafs captain Hap Day.

1940s: A second decade of success[]

Toronto Maple Leafs Logo 1939 - 1967

Logo (1938/39–1966/67)

In the 1942 season, the Maple Leafs were down three games to none in a best-of-seven final in the playoffs against Detroit. However, fourth-line forward Don Metz would galvanize the team, coming from nowhere to score a hat-trick in game four and the game-winning goal in game five, with the Leafs winning both times. Captain Syl Apps had won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy that season, not taking one penalty and finishing his ten-season career with an average of 5 minutes, 36 seconds in penalties a season. Goalie Turk Broda would shut out the Wings in game six, and Sweeney Schriner would score two goals in the third period to win the seventh game 3-1.

Apps told writer Trent Frayne in 1949, "If you want me to be pinned down to my [biggest night in hockey but also my] biggest second, I'd say it was the last tick of the clock that sounded the final bell. It's something I shall never forget at all." It was the first time a major pro sports team came back from behind 3-0 to win a best-of-seven championship series.

Three years later, with their heroes from 1942 dwindling (due to either age, health, or the war), the Leafs turned to lesser-known players like rookie goalie Frank McCool and defenceman Babe Pratt. They would upset the Red Wings in the 1945 finals.

The powerful defending champion Montreal Canadiens and their "Punch Line" (Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Toe Blake and Elmer Lach), would be the Leafs' nemesis two years later when the two teams clashed in the 1947 finals. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy would score the game-winning goal late in game six to win the Leafs their first of three straight Cups—the first time any NHL team had accomplished that feat. With their Cup victory in 1948, the Leafs moved ahead of Montreal for the most Stanley Cups in league history. It would take the Canadiens 10 years to reclaim the record.

1950s: The Barilko Curse[]

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Princess Elizabeth, is greeted by Ted Kennedy at Maple Leaf Gardens, with Conn Smythe behind, 1951.

The Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens would meet once again in the finals in 1951, with all five games going to overtime. Tod Sloan scored with 42 seconds left in the third period of game five to send it to an extra period, and defenceman Bill Barilko, who had scored only six goals in the regular season, scored the game-winner to win Toronto their fourth Cup in five years. Barilko's glory, however, was short-lived: he disappeared in a plane crash near Timmins, Ontario, barely four months after that moment. The Leafs would not win the Cup again that decade.

1960s: New owners and a new dynasty[]

Before the 1961–62 season, Smythe sold nearly all of his shares in Maple Leaf Gardens to a partnership composed of his son Stafford Smythe, newspaper baron John Bassett, and Toronto Marlboros president Harold Ballard. The sale price was $2.3 million, a handsome return on Smythe's original investment 34 years earlier. Conn Smythe later claimed that he knew nothing about his son's partners, but it is very unlikely that he could have believed Stafford could have raised the money on his own.

Under the new ownership trio, Toronto won another three straight Stanley Cups from 1962 to 1964. The team featured Hall of Famers Frank Mahovlich, Red Kelly, Johnny Bower, Dave Keon, Andy Bathgate, and Tim Horton, and was helmed by coach and general manager Punch Imlach.

In 1967, the Leafs and Canadiens met in the Cup finals for the last time to date, where Montreal was considered to be a heavy favourite. But Bob Pulford scored the double-overtime winner in Game 3, Jim Pappin got the series winner in Game 6, and Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs as the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in six games. The Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup since.

In 1968, Mahovlich was traded to Detroit in a blockbuster deal, and in 1969, following a first-round playoff loss to the Bruins, Smythe fired Imlach. Horton declared, "If this team doesn't want Imlach, I guess it doesn't want me." He was traded to the New York Rangers the next year.

1970s and 1980s: The Ballard years[]

Following Stafford Smythe's death, Harold Ballard bought his shares to take majority control of the team. Ballard's controversial term as the Leafs' owner was marked by several disputes with prominent players, including Keon, Lanny McDonald, and Darryl Sittler, poor win/loss records, and not a single Stanley Cup championship.

During the 1970s, with the overall talent level in the league diluted by the addition of 12 new franchises and the birth of the rival World Hockey Association (WHA), the Leafs were able to ice competitive teams for several seasons. But despite the presence of stars such as Sittler, McDonald, Dave "Tiger" Williams, Ian Turnbull, and Borje Salming, they only once made it past the second round of the playoffs, besting the New York Islanders (a soon-to-be dynasty) in the 1978 quarter-finals only to be swept by arch-rival Montreal in the semi-finals. One of the few highlights from this era occurred on February 7, 1976, when Sittler scored six goals and four assists against the Bruins to establish a NHL single-game points record that still stands more than 30 years later.

The serious decline started in July 1979, when Ballard brought back Imlach, a long-time friend, as general manager. Imlach traded McDonald to undermine his friend Sittler's influence on the team.[5] Sittler himself was gone two years later, when the Leafs traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers. He was the franchise's all-time leading scorer until Mats Sundin passed Sittler's total in 2007.

The McDonald trade sent the Leafs into a downward spiral. They finished five games under .500 and barely made the playoffs. For the next 12 years, the Leafs (who had shifted to the Norris Division for the 1981–82 season) were barely competitive, not posting another winning record until 1992–93. They missed the playoffs six times and finished above fourth in their division only once (in 1990, the only season where they even posted a .500 record). They made it beyond the first round of the playoffs twice (in 1986 and 1987, advancing to the division finals). The low point came in 1984–85, when they finished 32 games under .500, the second-worst record in franchise history (their .300 winning percentage was only 22 percentage points higher than the 1918–19 Arenas).

The Leafs' poor records during the 1980s, however, did result in several high draft picks. Wendel Clark, the first overall pick in the 1985 draft, was the lone success from the entry drafts of this period and went on to captain the team.

Early 1990s: Resurgence[]

Ballard died in 1990, and Steve Stavro, Don Crump and Don Giffen were executors of his will. Calgary Flames GM Cliff Fletcher, who had crafted the Flames' 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, was hired to run the team against the objections of Stavro who told Fletcher directly that he wanted to install his own man.[6]

Fletcher immediately set about building a club that would be competitive once again, making a series of trades and free agent acquisitions which turned the Leafs from an also-ran to a contender almost overnight, starting in 1992–93. Outstanding play from forwards Doug Gilmour (an acquaintance of Fletcher's from Calgary) and Dave Andreychuk (acquired from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Grant Fuhr), as well as stellar goaltending from minor league call-up Felix Potvin, led the team to a then-franchise-record 99 points, third place in the Norris Division, and the eighth-best overall record in the league. Toronto dispatched the Detroit Red Wings in seven games in the first round, then defeated the St. Louis Blues in another seven games in the Division Finals.

Hoping to meet long-time rival Montreal (who was playing in the Wales Conference Finals against the New York Islanders) in the Cup Finals, the Leafs faced the Los Angeles Kings in the Campbell Conference Finals. The Leafs led the series 3-2, but dropped Game 6 in Los Angeles. The game was not without controversy, as Wayne Gretzky clipped Gilmour in the face with his stick, but referee Kerry Fraser did not call a penalty and Gretzky scored the winning goal moments later.[7] Gretzky's hat-trick in Game 7 finished the Leafs' run, and it was the Kings that moved on to the Cup Finals against the Canadiens.

The Leafs had another strong season in 1993–94, finishing with 98 points, good enough for fifth overall in the league – their highest finish in 16 years. However, despite finishing one point above Calgary, Toronto was seeded third in the Western Conference (formerly the Campbell Conference) by virtue of the Flames' Pacific Division title. The Leafs eliminated the division rival Chicago Blackhawks in six games and the surprising San Jose Sharks in seven before falling to the Vancouver Canucks in five games in the Western Conference Finals. At that year's draft, the Leafs would package Clark in a trade with the Quebec Nordiques that netted them Mats Sundin.

Late 1990s-2005: A new home and a new millennium[]

In 1996, Stavro took on Larry Tanenbaum, the co-founder of Toronto's new National Basketball Association (NBA) team, the Toronto Raptors, as a partner. Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. was accordingly renamed Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), to be the parent company of the Leafs and the Raptors. MLSE has expanded since then, adding the Toronto Marlies of the AHL and the Toronto FC of Major League Soccer to its stable of franchises.

After two years out of the playoffs in the late 1990s, the Leafs acquired goaltender Curtis Joseph as a free agent from the Edmonton Oilers and signed Pat Quinn, who had been fired by Vancouver in 1997, to serve as head coach. This resulted in the Leafs making another charge during the 1999 playoffs after moving from Maple Leaf Gardens to the new Air Canada Centre, shared with the new Toronto Raptors. The team eliminated the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but lost in five games to the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Toronto reached the second round of the playoffs in both 2000 and 2001, only to lose both times to the New Jersey Devils, who made the Stanley Cup Finals both seasons and won in 2000. The 2000 season was particularly notable because it marked the Leafs' first division title in 37 years, as well as the franchise's first-ever 100-point season. The season ended on a particular low, however, with the Leafs being held to just 6 shots in game six of the second round against the Devils.

In 2002, the Leafs dispatched the Islanders and their Ontario rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the first two rounds, only to lose to the Cinderella-story Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Finals. The 2002 season was particularly impressive in that the Leafs had many of their better players sidelined by injuries, but managed to make it to the conference finals due to the efforts of lesser-known players who were led mainly by Gary Roberts and Alyn McCauley.

Joseph left to go to the defending champion Red Wings in the 2002 off-season; the team found a replacement in veteran Ed Belfour, who came over from the Dallas Stars and had been a crucial part of their 1999 Stanley Cup run. Belfour could not help their playoff woes in the 2003 playoffs, however, as the team lost to Philadelphia in seven games in the first round. 2003 also witnessed a change in the ownership ranks, as Stavro sold his controlling interest in MLSE to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and resigned his position as Chairman of the Board in favour of Tanenbaum. Stavro died in 2006.

The 2003–04 season started in an uncommon way for the team, as they held their training camp in Sweden and played in the NHL Challenge against teams from Sweden and Finland. That year, the Leafs had a very successful regular season, posting a franchise-record 103 points. They finished with the fourth-best record in the league (their best overall finish in 41 years) and also managed a .628 win percentage, their best in 43 years and the third-best in franchise history. Toronto defeated the Senators in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth time in five years, but lost to the Flyers in the second round in six games.

2005-2022: Post-lockout era[]

Following the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the Leafs have experienced some rough times, missing the playoffs in five consecutive seasons following a pre-lockout run of six straight playoff appearances. They struggled in 2005–06, and despite a late-season surge (9-1-2 in their final 12), led by third-string goaltender Jean-Sebastien Aubin, the Leafs were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 1998. This marked the first time that the team missed the playoffs under coach Pat Quinn, and he was fired shortly after the season. Paul Maurice, an experienced NHL coach who had just coached the Leafs' American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, in their inaugural season, was announced as Pat Quinn's replacement. On June 30, 2006, the Maple Leafs bought out the contract of long-time fan favourite, Tie Domi. In addition to Domi, the Maple Leafs also decided against picking up the option year on the contract of goaltender Ed Belfour. Both players became free agents on July 1, 2006, effectively ending their tenures with the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, despite the coaching change and addition of new players such as Pavel Kubina and Michael Peca, the Leafs again did not make the playoffs in 2006–07, 2007–08 or 2008–09. As of March 31, 2010, the Leafs occupy last place in the Eastern Conference and have officially been eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season following the lock-out.[8]

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The alternate logo

On January 22, 2008, general manager John Ferguson, Jr. was fired and was replaced by Cliff Fletcher[9] on an interim basis. On May 7, the Leafs fired head coach Paul Maurice and assistant coach Randy Ladouceur, and replaced them with former San Jose Sharks coach, Ron Wilson, and assistants Tim Hunter and Rob Zettler.[10]

On November 29, 2008, the Maple Leafs hired Brian Burke as their 13th non-interim General Manager (first American) in team history. The acquisition of Burke had ended the second Cliff Fletcher era and settled rumours that Brian was coming to Toronto within the next year.[11] On June 14, 2010, the Leafs named Dion Phaneuf as captain after the two seasons with no captain following Sundin's departure.[12] On 2 October 2019, John Tavares was named as the team's 25th team captain prior to the Leafs' 2019–20 season opening game; He had been previously acquired via an unusual trade with the Islanders.[13]

2022-present: Constant lineup changes[]

The 2022 off-season saw the departure of the Leafs' goalie tandem, Jack Campbell and Petr Mrazek, the former signing with Edmonton, the latter being traded to the Blackhawks during the 2022 NHL Draft.[14] Needing a goaltender tandem for the upcoming season, the Leafs acquired Matt Murray through a trade with the Senators,[15] and signed free agent Ilya Samsonov.[16]

During the 2022–23 NHL season, the Leafs again fared well in the regular season, achieving an excellent 50-21-11 record and 111 points, one point less than the record achieved the season prior. However, the record-setting Boston Bruins led the division, finishing with 135 points, and leaving the Leafs in second place in the Atlantic. In the First Round of the playoffs, the Leafs defeated the Lightning in a six-game series, marking the first time the Maple Leafs advanced to the second round of the playoff appearance since 2004.[17] During the series with the Lightning, the Leafs became the first NHL team to win three road playoff games in overtime. However, the Leafs lost to the Florida Panthers in the second round in five games.[18] Following the loss, Dubas' contract as general manager was not renewed with the club for the 2023–24 season.[19] Dubas was then replaced by Brad Treliving on May 31 after the former's contract wasn't renewed.[20] On 31 December 2023, Ilya Samsonov was replaced by Dennis Hildeby after he surrendered 22 goals in his last 4 games.[21][22][23][24] William Nylander is also currently undergoing negotiations regarding his contract renewal.[25]

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Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial logo

Rivalries[]

See also: National Hockey League rivalries
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Hockey Knights in Canada mural on the southbound side of Toronto's College Station

As one of the oldest teams in the league, the Leafs have developed numerous rivalries. The deepest of these is with the Montreal Canadiens, which is acknowledged as one of the richest rivalries in ice hockey.[26] The Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups, while the Leafs have won 13, putting them at first and second place in NHL history, respectively. The Canadiens' fan point of view is perhaps most famously captured in the popular Canadian short story "The Hockey Sweater", by Roch Carrier, originally published in French as "Une abominable feuille d'érable sur la glace" ("An abominable maple leaf on the ice") referring to the Maple Leafs sweater his mother forces him to wear. This rivalry is also evident in Toronto's College subway station, in which the northbound side of the station has the mural depicting Canadiens and the southbound side has the Leafs.

The rivalry between the Leafs and the Ottawa Senators, known as the Battle of Ontario, has heated up since the late 1990s, owing in no small part to the Canadiens' struggles during that period. While Ottawa has dominated during most of the teams' regular season matchups in recent years, the Leafs have won all four postseason series between the two teams, including a four-game sweep. However, the rivalry has somewhat diminished since the lockout, owing largely to the Leafs' failure to make the postseason since that time.

One of the Leafs' biggest U.S.-based rivals of late have been the Philadelphia Flyers, who defeated the Leafs in the 2003 and 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The rivalry goes back to the 1970s when the Flyers and Leafs had the reputation as being two of the toughest (and often most penalized) teams in the league. Games between the two teams are still often very physical.

The Buffalo Sabres have also been cited as notable American rivals of the Leafs. Buffalo is the NHL team that is closest to Toronto, only a short drive along the Queen Elizabeth Way.

The Leafs also maintain a traditional Original Six rivalry with the Detroit Red Wings. The teams' close proximity to each other – the two cities are just 380 km. apart – and a number of shared fans (particularly in markets such as Windsor, Ontario) means the rivalry is found more in the crowd than on the ice. However, since the Maple Leafs moved to the Eastern Conference in 1998, the two teams have faced each other less often each season.

Fan base[]

Maple Leafs fans are known by the collective nickname "Leafs Nation", which the club uses on its website. Maple Leafs home games have long been one of the toughest tickets to acquire in Canada, even during lean periods.[27] The Leafs, along with the Minnesota Wild, currently have the longest sellout streaks in the NHL. As of 2008, there is a waiting list of about 2,500 names for season tickets. Earlier, they sold out every game at Maple Leaf Gardens from 1946 until the building closed in 1999.[28] The Leafs have also sold out every game at the Air Canada Centre since October 2002.[29] With an average of US$1.9 million per game, the Leafs had the highest average ticket revenue per game in the 2007–08 season; the previous season they earned about $1.5 million per game.[30]

Conversely, there is an equally passionate dislike of the team by fans of several other NHL teams. In November 2002, the Leafs were named by Sports Illustrated hockey writer Michael Farber as the "Most Hated Team in Hockey".[31] Leafs fans are also known for being loyal despite being treated poorly—in a 2008 survey by ESPN The Magazine on rewarding fans, the Leafs were ranked 121st out of the 122 professional teams in the Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Teams were graded by stadium experience, ownership, player quality, ticket affordability, championships won and "bang for the buck"; in particular, the Leafs came last in ticket affordability.

In the United States, several cities in the Sun Belt have sizable numbers of Leaf fans, since many Snowbirds tend to flock to locales such as Atlanta,[32] Phoenix, Tampa Bay, and Miami during the winter, resulting in a boost in turnout and ticket sales when these franchises play the Maple Leafs.

Table keys[]

Key of colors and symbols
Color/symbol Explanation
Up-arrow Division champions
Hash-tag Led league in points
double-dagger O'Brien Cup champions
dagger Stanley Cup champions
Key of terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviation Definition
Finish Final position in division or league standings
GA Goals against (goals scored by the Leafs' opponents)
GF Goals for (goals scored by the Leafs)
GP Number of games played
L Number of losses
OT Number of losses in overtime (since the 1999–2000 season)
Pts Number of points
T Number of ties
TG Two-game total goals series
W Number of wins
Does not apply


Season-by-season record[]

Year by year[]

Year by year listing of all seasons played by the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise
NHL season Franchise season Conference Division Regular season

[33][34][35][36][37]

Postseason

[33][34][35][36][37]

GP W L T OT

[a]

Pts GF GA Finish GP W L T GF GA Result
1917–18

[b]

1917–18

[c]

[d] 14 8 6 16 71 75 2nddouble-dagger[e] 7 4 3 0 28 28 Won NHL Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 10–7 (TG)[38]
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Millionaires, 3–2[39]dagger
8 5 3 10Hash-tag 37 34 1stdouble-dagger
1918–19 1918–19

[f]

10 3 7 6 43 49 3rd Did not qualify
8 2 6 4 22 43 3rd
1919–20 1919–20

[g]

12 5 7 10 52 62 3rd Did not qualify
12 7 5 14 67 44 2nd
1920–21 1920–21 10 5 5 10 39 47 2nd 2 0 2 0 0 7 Lost NHL Finals to Ottawa Senators, 0–7 (TG)[40]
14 10 4 20Hash-tag 66 53 1st
1921–22 1921–22 24 13 10 1[h] 27 98 97 2nddouble-dagger 7 4 2 1 21 13 Won NHL Finals vs. Ottawa Senators 5–4 (TG)[41]
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Millionaires, 3–2[42]dagger
1922–23 1922–23 24 13 10 1 27 82 88 3rd Did not qualify
1923–24 1923–24 24 10 14 0 20 59 85 3rd Did not qualify
1924–25 1924–25 30 19 11 0 38 90 84 2nd 2 0 2 0 2 5 Lost NHL Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–5 (TG)[43]
1925–26 1925–26 36 12 21 3 27 92 114 6th Did not qualify
1926–27 1926–27 Canadian

[i]

44 15 24 5 35 79 94 5th Did not qualify
1927–28 1927–28

[j]

Canadian 44 18 18 8 44 89 88 4th Did not qualify
1928–29 1928–29 Canadian 44 21 18 5 47 85 69 3rd 4 2 2 0 8 5 Won Quarterfinals vs. Detroit Cougars, 7–2 (TG)
Lost Semifinals to New York Rangers, 0–2[44]
1929–30 1929–30 Canadian 44 17 21 6 40 116 124 4th Did not qualify
1930–31 1930–31 Canadian 44 22 13 9 53 118 99 2nd 2 0 1 1 3 4 Lost Quarterfinals to Chicago Black Hawks, 3–4 (TG)[45]
1931–32 1931–32 Canadian 48 23 18 7 53 155 127 2nd 7 5 1 1 28 15 Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 6–2 (TG)
Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Maroons, 4–3 (TG)
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. New York Rangers, 3–0[46]dagger
1932–33 1932–33 CanadianUp-arrow 48 24 18 6 54 119 111 1stdouble-dagger[k] 9 4 5 0 14 18 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–2
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to New York Rangers, 1–3[47]
1933–34 1933–34 CanadianUp-arrow 48 26 13 9 61Hash-tag 174 119 1stdouble-dagger 5 2 3 0 12 11 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 2–3[48]
1934–35 1934–35 CanadianUp-arrow 48 30 14 4 64Hash-tag 157 111 1stdouble-dagger 7 3 4 0 11 12 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–1
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Maroons, 0–3[49]
1935–36 1935–36 Canadian 48 23 19 6 52 126 106 2nd 9 4 5 0 25 27 Won Quarterfinals vs. Boston Bruins, 8–6 (TG)
Won Semifinals vs. New York Americans, 2–1
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Detroit Red Wings, 1–3[50]
1936–37 1936–37 Canadian 48 22 21 5 49 119 115 3rd 2 0 2 0 1 5 Lost Quarterfinals to New York Rangers, 0–2[51]
1937–38 1937–38 CanadianUp-arrow 48 24 15 9 57 151 127 1stdouble-dagger 7 4 3 0 14 13 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–0
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Chicago Black Hawks, 1–3[52]
1938–39 1938–39 [l] 48 19 20 9 47 114 107 3rddouble-dagger[m] 10 5 5 0 22 20 Won Quarterfinals vs. New York Americans, 2–0
Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 2–1
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Boston Bruins, 1–4[53]
1939–40 1939–40 48 25 17 6 56 134 110 3rddouble-dagger 10 6 4 0 21 19 Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 2–0
Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 2–0
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to New York Rangers, 2–4[54]
1940–41 1940–41 48 28 14 6 62 145 99 2nd 7 3 4 0 17 15 Lost Semifinals to Boston Bruins, 3–4[55]
1941–42 1941–42 48 27 18 3 57 158 136 2nd 13 8 5 0 38 31 Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3[56]dagger
1942–43 1942–43 50 22 19 9 53 198 159 3rd 6 2 4 0 17 20 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 2–4[57]
1943–44 1943–44 50 23 23 4 50 214 174 3rd 5 1 4 0 6 23 Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4[58]
1944–45 1944–45 50 24 22 4 52 183 161 3rd 13 8 5 0 24 30 Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3[59]dagger
1945–46 1945–46 50 19 24 7 45 174 185 5th Did not qualify
1946–47 1946–47 60 31 19 10 72 209 172 2nd 11 8 3 0 31 27 Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2[60]dagger
1947–48 1947–48 60 32 15 13 77Hash-tag 182 143 1st 9 8 1 0 38 20 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–0[61]dagger
1948–49 1948–49 60 22 25 13 57 147 161 4th 9 8 1 0 28 15 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–0[62]dagger
1949–50 1949–50 70 31 27 12 74 176 173 3rd 7 3 4 0 11 10 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 3–4[63]
1950–51 1950–51 70 41 16 13 95 212 138 2nd 11 8 2 1 30 15 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1–1[n]

[64][65]
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1[66]dagger

1951–52 1951–52 70 29 25 16 74 168 157 3rd 4 0 4 0 3 13 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 0–4[67]
1952–53 1952–53 70 27 30 13 67 156 167 5th Did not qualify
1953–54 1953–54 70 32 24 14 78 152 131 3rd 5 1 4 0 8 15 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 1–4[68]
1954–55 1954–55 70 24 24 22 70 147 135 3rd 4 0 4 0 6 14 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 0–4[69]
1955–56 1955–56 70 24 33 13 61 153 181 4th 5 1 4 0 10 14 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 1–4[70]
1956–57 1956–57 70 21 34 15 57 174 192 5th Did not qualify
1957–58 1957–58 70 21 38 11 53 192 226 6th Did not qualify
1958–59 1958–59 70 27 32 11 65 189 201 4th 12 5 7 0 32 39 Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–3
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4[71]
1959–60 1959–60 70 35 26 9 79 199 195 2nd 10 4 6 0 25 31 Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–2
Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4[72]
1960–61 1960–61 70 39 19 12 90 234 176 2nd 5 1 4 0 8 15 Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 1–4[73]
1961–62 1961–62 70 37 22 11 85 232 180 2nd 12 8 4 0 40 30 Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–2[74]dagger
1962–63 1962–63 70 35 23 12 82Hash-tag 221 180 1st 10 8 2 0 31 16 Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1[75]dagger
1963–64 1963–64 70 33 25 12 78 192 172 3rd 14 8 6 0 39 31 Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–3
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3[76]dagger
1964–65 1964–65 70 30 26 14 74 204 173 4th 6 2 4 0 14 17 Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–4[77]
1965–66 1965–66 70 34 25 11 79 208 187 3rd 4 0 4 0 6 15 Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4[78]
1966–67 1966–67 70 32 27 11 75 204 211 3rd 12 8 4 0 35 30 Won Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–2
Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2[79]dagger
1967–68 1967–68 East

[o]

74 33 31 10 76 209 176 5th Did not qualify
1968–69 1968–69 East 76 35 26 15 85 234 217 4th 4 0 4 0 5 24 Lost Quarterfinals to Boston Bruins, 0–4[80]
1969–70 1969–70 East 76 29 34 13 71 222 242 6th Did not qualify
1970–71 1970–71 East 78 37 33 8 82 248 211 4th 6 2 4 0 15 16 Lost Quarterfinals to New York Rangers, 2–4[81]
1971–72 1971–72 East 78 33 31 14 80 209 208 4th 5 1 4 0 10 18 Lost Quarterfinals to Boston Bruins, 1–4[82]
1972–73 1972–73 East 78 27 41 10 64 247 279 6th Did not qualify
1973–74 1973–74 East 78 35 27 16 86 274 230 4th 4 0 4 0 9 17 Lost Quarterfinals to Boston Bruins, 0–4[83]
1974–75 1974–75 Wales

[p]

Adams 80 31 33 16 78 280 309 3rd 7 2 5 0 13 21 Won Preliminary Round vs. Los Angeles Kings, 2–1
Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 0–4[84]
1975–76 1975–76 Wales Adams 80 34 31 15 83 294 276 3rd 10 5 5 0 31 36 Won Preliminary Round vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 2–1
Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 3–4[85]
1976–77 1976–77 Wales Adams 80 33 32 15 81 301 285 3rd 9 4 5 0 31 29 Won Preliminary Round vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 2–1
Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 2–4[86]
1977–78 1977–78 Wales Adams 80 41 29 10 92 271 237 3rd 13 6 7 0 33 32 Won Preliminary Round vs. Los Angeles Kings, 2–0
Won Quarterfinals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3
Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4[87]
1978–79 1978–79 Wales Adams 80 34 33 13 81 267 252 3rd 6 2 4 0 19 24 Won Preliminary Round vs. Atlanta Flames, 2–0
Lost Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4[88]
1979–80 1979–80 Wales Adams 80 35 40 5 75 304 327 4th 3 0 3 0 8 17 Lost Preliminary Round to Minnesota North Stars, 0–3[89]
1980–81 1980–81 Wales Adams 80 28 37 15 71 322 367 5th 3 0 3 0 9 15 Lost Preliminary Round to New York Islanders, 0–3[90]
1981–82 1981–82 Campbell

[q]

Norris 80 20 44 16 56 298 380 5th Did not qualify
1982–83 1982–83 Campbell Norris 80 28 40 12 68 293 330 3rd 4 1 3 0 18 18 Lost Division Semifinals to Minnesota North Stars, 1–3[91]
1983–84 1983–84 Campbell Norris 80 26 45 9 61 303 387 5th Did not qualify
1984–85 1984–85 Campbell Norris 80 20 52 8 48 253 358 5th Did not qualify
1985–86 1985–86 Campbell Norris 80 25 48 7 57 311 386 4th 10 6 4 0 40 33 Won Division Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 3–0
Lost Division Finals to St. Louis Blues, 3–4[92]
1986–87 1986–87 Campbell Norris 80 32 42 6 70 286 319 4th 13 7 6 0 33 32 Won Division Semifinals vs. St. Louis Blues, 4–2
Lost Division Finals to Detroit Red Wings, 3–4[93]
1987–88 1987–88 Campbell Norris 80 21 49 10 52 273 345 4th 6 2 4 0 20 32 Lost Division Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 2–4[94]
1988–89 1988–89 Campbell Norris 80 28 46 6 62 259 342 5th Did not qualify
1989–90 1989–90 Campbell Norris 80 38 38 4 80 337 358 3rd 5 1 4 0 16 20 Lost Division Semifinals to St. Louis Blues, 1–4[95]
1990–91 1990–91 Campbell Norris 80 23 46 11 57 241 318 5th Did not qualify
1991–92 1991–92 Campbell Norris 80 30 43 7 67 234 294 5th Did not qualify
1992–93 1992–93 Campbell Norris 84 44 29 11 99 288 241 3rd 21 11 10 0 69 63 Won Division Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3
Won Division Finals vs. St. Louis Blues, 4–3
Lost Conference Finals to Los Angeles Kings, 3–4[96]
1993–94 1993–94 Western

[r]

Central 84 43 29 12 98 280 243 2nd 18 9 9 0 50 47 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 4–2
Won Conference Semifinals vs. San Jose Sharks, 4–3
Lost Conference Finals to Vancouver Canucks, 1–4[97]
1994–95

[s]

1994–95 Western Central 48 21 19 8 50 135 146 4th 7 3 4 0 20 22 Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Chicago Blackhawks, 3–4[98]
1995–96 1995–96 Western Central 82 34 36 12 80 247 252 3rd 6 2 4 0 15 21 Lost Conference Quarterfinals to St. Louis Blues, 2–4[99]
1996–97 1996–97 Western Central 82 30 44 8 68 230 273 6th Did not qualify
1997–98 1997–98 Western Central 82 30 43 9 69 194 237 6th Did not qualify
1998–99 1998–99 Eastern

[t]

Northeast 82 45 30 7 97 268 231 2nd 17 9 8 0 43 46 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4–2
Won Conference Semifinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–2
Lost Conference Finals to Buffalo Sabres, 1–4[100]
1999–2000 1999–2000 Eastern NortheastUp-arrow 82 45 27 7 3[u] 100 246 222 1st 12 6 6 0 26 26 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–2
Lost Conference Semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 2–4[101]
2000–01 2000–01 Eastern Northeast 82 37 29 11 5 90 232 207 3rd 11 7 4 0 28 24 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–0
Lost Conference Semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 3–4[102]
2001–02 2001–02 Eastern Northeast 82 43 25 10 4 100 249 207 2nd 20 10 10 0 44 49 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3
Won Conference Semifinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–3
Lost Conference Finals to Carolina Hurricanes, 2–4[103]
2002–03 2002–03 Eastern Northeast 82 44 28 7 3 98 236 208 2nd 7 3 4 0 16 24 Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 3–4[104]
2003–04 2003–04 Eastern Northeast 82 45 24 10 3 103 242 204 2nd 13 6 7 0 27 28 Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–3
Lost Conference Semifinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 2–4[105]
2004–05

[v]

2004–05 Eastern Northeast No playoffs due to lockout
2005–06 2005–06 Eastern Northeast 82 41 33 [w] 8 90 257 270 4th Did not qualify
2006–07 2006–07 Eastern Northeast 82 40 31 11 91 258 269 3rd Did not qualify
2007–08 2007–08 Eastern Northeast 82 36 35 11 83 231 260 5th Did not qualify
2008–09 2008–09 Eastern Northeast 82 34 35 13 81 250 293 5th Did not qualify
2009–10 2009–10 Eastern Northeast 82 30 38 14 74 214 267 5th Did not qualify
2010–11 2010–11 Eastern Northeast 82 37 34 11 85 218 251 4th Did not qualify
2011–12 2011–12 Eastern Northeast 82 35 37 10 80 231 264 4th Did not qualify
2012–13

[x]

2012–13 Eastern Northeast 48 26 17 5 57 145 133 3rd 7 3 4 0 18 22 Lost Conference Quarterfinals to Boston Bruins, 3–4[106]
2013–14 2013–14 Eastern Atlantic

[y]

82 38 36 8 84 231 256 6th Did not qualify
2014–15 2014–15 Eastern Atlantic 82 30 44 8 68 211 262 7th Did not qualify
2015–16 2015–16 Eastern Atlantic 82 29 42 11 69 198 246 8th Did not qualify
2016–17 2016–17 Eastern Atlantic 82 40 27 15 95 251 242 4th 6 2 4 0 16 18 Lost First Round to Washington Capitals, 2–4
2017–18 2017–18 Eastern Atlantic 82 49 26 7 105 277 232 3rd 7 3 4 0 16 21 Lost First Round to Boston Bruins 3–4
2018–19 2018–19 Eastern Atlantic 82 46 28 8 100 286 251 3rd L, First Round to Boston Bruins 3-4
NHL season Franchise season Conference Division Regular season Postseason
GP W L T OT Pts GF GA Finish GP W L T GF GA Result
Totals 5 Division Championships 6660 2929 2790 783 158 6799 20452 20547 544 259 281 4 1400 1488 13 Stanley Cups

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated January 1, 2024[107][108][109][110][111][112]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Flag of Canada Benoit, SimonSimon Benoit

D L 25 2023 Laval, Quebec
59 Flag of Canada Bertuzzi, TylerTyler Bertuzzi

LW L 29 2023 Sudbury, Ontario
78 Flag of Canada Brodie, T. J.T. J. Brodie

D L 33 2020 Chatham, Ontario
11 Flag of Canada Domi, MaxMax Domi

LW L 29 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba
55 Flag of Canada Giordano, MarkMark Giordano

D L 40 2022 Toronto, Ontario
18 Flag of Canada Gregor, NoahNoah Gregor

C L 25 2023 Beaumont, Alberta
41 Flag of Sweden Hildeby, DennisDennis Hildeby

G L 22 2024 Järfälla, Sweden
19 Flag of Sweden Jarnkrok, CalleCalle Jarnkrok

RW R 32 2022 Gävle, Sweden
31 Flag of Canada Jones, MartinMartin Jones

G L 34 2023 North Vancouver, British Columbia
64 Flag of the Czech Republic Kampf, DavidDavid Kampf

C L 29 2021 Jirkov, Czech Republic
3 Flag of Sweden Klingberg, JohnJohn Klingberg

 Injured Reserve

D R 31 2023 Gothenburg, Sweden
23 Flag of the United States Knies, MatthewMatthew Knies

LW L 21 2021 Phoenix, Arizona
85 Flag of Sweden Lagesson, WilliamWilliam Lagesson

D L 28 2023 Gothenburg, Sweden
37 Flag of Sweden Liljegren, TimothyTimothy Liljegren

D R 24 2017 Kristianstad, Sweden
16 Flag of Canada Marner, MitchMitch Marner

 (A)

RW R 26 2015 Markham, Ontario
34 Flag of the United States Matthews, AustonAuston Matthews

 (A)

C L 26 2016 San Ramon, California
22 Flag of the United States McCabe, JakeJake McCabe

D L 30 2023 Eau Claire, Wisconsin
74 Flag of Canada McMann, BobbyBobby McMann

C L 27 2022 Wainwright, Alberta
30 Flag of Canada Murray, MattMatt Murray

 Injured Reserve

G L 29 2022 Thunder Bay, Ontario
88 Flag of Sweden Nylander, WilliamWilliam Nylander

RW R 27 2014 Calgary, Alberta
75 Flag of Canada Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves

 Injured Reserve

RW R 37 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba
44 Flag of Canada Rielly, MorganMorgan Rielly

 (A)

D L 30 2012 West Vancouver, British Columbia
89 Flag of the United States Robertson, NicholasNicholas Robertson

LW L 22 2019 Arcadia, California
91 Flag of Canada Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares

 (C)

C L 33 2018 Mississauga, Ontario
25 Flag of Canada Timmins, ConorConor Timmins

D R 25 2022 St. Catharines, Ontario
60 Flag of the United States Woll, JosephJoseph Woll

 Injured Reserve

G L 25 2016 Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

Honoured members[]

The following members of the Toronto Maple Leafs have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The list includes anyone who played for the Leafs who was later inducted as a player. The list of builders includes anyone inducted as a builder who spent any part of their career in a coaching, management, or ownership role with the Leafs.

Players[]


Builders[]

  • Harold Ballard, owner/executive/director, 1957–89, inducted 1977
  • J. P. Bickell, shareholder/director, 1919–51, inducted 1978
  • Cliff Fletcher, president/general manager/executive, 1991–97 and 2008–2009, inducted 2004
  • Jim Gregory, general manager, 1969–79, inducted 2007
  • Foster Hewitt, announcer, 1927–63, inducted 1965
  • Punch Imlach, coach/general manager, 1958–69 and 1979–80, inducted 1984
  • Dick Irvin, coach, 1931–40, inducted 1958
  • Frank Mathers, player/executive, 1948–52, inducted 1992
  • Howie Meeker, player/coach/general manager/broadcaster, 1946–57, inducted 1998
  • Roger Neilson, coach, 1977–79, inducted 2002
  • Bud Poile, player/executive, 1942–48, inducted 1990
  • Frank J. Selke, executive, 1929–46, inducted 1960
  • Conn Smythe, owner/executive/director, 1927–66, inducted 1958
  • Carl Voss, player/executive, 1926–29, inducted 1974


Team captains[]


Franchise scoring leaders[]

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history, as of the end of the 2009–10 season. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Legend: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Maple Leafs player

Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Mats Sundin C 981 420 567 987 1.01
Darryl Sittler C 844 389 527 916 1.09
Dave Keon C 1062 365 493 858 .81
Borje Salming D 1099 148 620 768 .70
George Armstrong RW 1187 296 417 713 .60
Ron Ellis RW 1034 332 308 640 .62
Frank Mahovlich LW 720 296 303 599 .83
Bob Pulford LW 947 251 312 563 .59
Ted Kennedy C 696 231 329 560 .80
Rick Vaive RW 534 299 238 537 1.01

Source: Toronto Maple Leafs Media Guide 2008–09.[114]

Facilities[]

Besides the Air Canada Centre, the Leafs have a practice facility at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence. Opened in 2009, it was built on the site of the former Lakeshore Lions Arena (c. 1951). The practice facility has two rinks and is operated by the local Lions Club.

See also[]

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