# 2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 88th season of the franchise, 78th season as the Maple Leafs. The entire season's games were cancelled as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

## Offseason

Key dates prior to the start of the season:
* The 2004 NHL entry draft took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 26, 2004.
* The free agency period began on July 1.

## Schedule

The Maple Leafs preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24@ Montreal Canadiens
2September 25@ Ottawa Senators
3September 28Buffalo Sabres
4October 1@ Detroit Red Wings
5October 2Ottawa Senators
6October 5Montreal Canadiens
7October 8@ Buffalo Sabres
8October 9Detroit Red Wings :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 15@ New Jersey Devils
2October 16Ottawa Senators
3October 19Florida Panthers
4October 21@ Ottawa Senators
5October 23@ Montreal Canadiens
6October 26Los Angeles Kings
7October 29@ Carolina Hurricanes
8October 30New York Rangers
9November 2Tampa Bay Lightning
10November 6Boston Bruins
11November 9@ New York Islanders
12November 11@ New York Rangers
13November 13@ Boston Bruins
14November 15@ Buffalo Sabres
15November 16Dallas Stars
16November 18@ New Jersey Devils
17November 20Philadelphia Flyers
18November 23Washington Capitals
19November 27Buffalo Sabres
20November 30@ Calgary Flames
21December 2@ Edmonton Oilers
22December 4@ Vancouver Canucks
23December 7Boston Bruins
24December 9@ Columbus Blue Jackets
25December 11Montreal Canadiens
26December 13@ Buffalo Sabres
27December 14New York Islanders
28December 16Atlanta Thrashers
29December 18Calgary Flames
30December 21@ Boston Bruins
31December 23@ Carolina Hurricanes
32December 27@ Colorado Avalanche
33December 28@ St. Louis Blues
34December 30@ Nashville Predators
35January 1@ Boston Bruins
36January 4Boston Bruins
37January 6@ Atlanta Thrashers
38January 8New Jersey Devils
39January 10@ Ottawa Senators
40January 11Pittsburgh Penguins
41January 14@ Chicago Blackhawks
42January 15@ Detroit Red Wings
43January 18New York Islanders
44January 20@ Ottawa Senators
45January 22@ Montreal Canadiens
46January 24Carolina Hurricanes
47January 26@ Florida Panthers
48January 27@ Tampa Bay Lightning
49January 29Ottawa Senators
50February 1@ Buffalo Sabres
51February 3Washington Capitals
52February 5Vancouver Canucks
53February 7San Jose Sharks
54February 8@ New York Rangers
55February 10Pittsburgh Penguins
56February 15Carolina Hurricanes
57February 18Buffalo Sabres
58February 19Edmonton Oilers
59February 22Florida Panthers
60February 24New Jersey Devils
61February 26Atlanta Thrashers
62March 1@ Tampa Bay Lightning
63March 2@ Florida Panthers
64March 5Montreal Canadiens
65March 8Philadelphia Flyers
66March 10@ Philadelphia Flyers
67March 12Ottawa Senators
68March 13@ Pittsburgh Penguins
69March 15Anaheim Mighty Ducks
70March 17Minnesota Wild
71March 19New York Rangers
72March 20@ Washington Capitals
73March 22Phoenix Coyotes
74March 25@ Atlanta Thrashers
75March 26@ Philadelphia Flyers
76March 28Tampa Bay Lightning
77March 31@ Montreal Canadiens
78April 2Montreal Canadiens
79April 3@ Pittsburgh Penguins
80April 5@ New York Islanders
81April 8@ Washington Capitals
82April 9Buffalo Sabres :

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.

### Trades

The Maple Leafs did not make any trades.

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
| July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) | Jason MacDonald | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Ron Francis | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Calle Johansson | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Bryan Marchment | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12) | Mike Minard | Manitoba Moose (AHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) | Tom Fitzgerald | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) |
| August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19) | Robert Reichel | HC Litvinov (ELH) | Free agency (III) |
| September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07) | Sebastien Centomo | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) | Pierre Hedin | Modo Hockey (SHL) | Free agency |
| September 19, 2004 (2004-09-19) | Josh Holden | HPK (Liiga) | Free agency (VI) |
| October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07) | Christian Chartier | Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02) | Aaron Gavey | Storhamar Dragons (Norway) | Free agency (UFA) |
| December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10) | Jamie Hodson | Fresno Falcons (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22) | Drake Berehowsky | Skelleftea AIK (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (III) |
| January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31) | Trevor Kidd | Orebro HK (SWE-3) | Free agency (III) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18) | Ken Klee | 2-year | Re-signing |
| June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18) | Darcy Tucker | 3-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Ed Belfour | 3-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Aki Berg | 1-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Marc Moro | 2-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Joe Nieuwendyk | 1-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Gary Roberts | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) | Nik Antropov | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) | Bryan McCabe | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06) | Mikael Tellqvist | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06) | Clarke Wilm | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10) | Tomas Kaberle | 2-year | Re-signing |

## Draft picks

The 2004 NHL entry draft was the 42nd NHL entry draft.
* Toronto's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft in Raleigh, North Carolina.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 3 | 90 | Justin Pogge | Goaltender | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 4 | 113 | Roman Kukumberg | Right Wing | Slovakia | Dukla Trencin (Extraliga) |
| 5 | 157 | Dmitry Vorobyov | Defenceman | Russia | Lada Togliatti (RSL) |
| 6 | 187 | Robbie Earl | Left Wing | United States | University of Wisconsin (Big Ten) |
| 7 | 220 | Maxim Semenov | Defenceman | Russia | Lada Togliatti (RSL) |
| 8 | 252 | Jan Steber | Centre | Czech Republic | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 285 | Pierce Norton | Right Wing | United States | Thayer Academy (USHS-MA) |

## Farm teams

* The Maple Leafs' top affiliate was the St. John's Maple Leafs in the American Hockey League. This was the last season this team played in St. John's before it relocated as the Toronto Marlies.
* The Maple Leafs' secondary affiliate was the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the ECHL.