2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs season is the franchise's 92nd, and their 82nd as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs have not qualified for the postseason since the 2003–04 season. The team began the regular season with its worst start in franchise history by recording no wins in the first eight games. 
== Team business ==
The team moved to a new practice facility, the MasterCard Centre from their former practice facility the Lakeshore Lions Arena. Built next door to the old arena, the new facility has four ice sheets, allowing the Maple Leafs and their farm team the Toronto Marlies to practice simultaneously on separate sheets.
== Off-season ==
At the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the Maple Leafs chose centre Nazem Kadri with their first-round pick, seventh overall.
In free agency, the Maple Leafs signed two defencemen of note, Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens and Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks, signing both to multiple-year deals. At the same time, defenceman Pavel Kubina was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for fellow defenceman Garnet Exelby. The Leafs also signed free agents Colton Orr and Tim Brent.
After extensive talks, the Leafs were able to sign highly-regarded Swedish free-agent goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, who was considering offers from several NHL teams.
The Leafs dealt for Boston Bruins's talented forward, Phil Kessel, trading two first-round draft picks and a second-round draft pick. Kessel started the season on the injured list as he was recovering from an off season shoulder surgery.
== Pre-season ==
2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2009 Pre-season Game Log: 6–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Attendance 	Record 	Points 	 	 	
1 	September 16 	Boston Bruins 	3 - 2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	16,872 	0-1-0 	0 	 	 	
2 	September 17 (in London, ON) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	4 - 0 	Philadelphia Flyers 	9,099 	1-1-0 	2 	 	 	
3 	September 18 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	4 - 3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	16,621 	2-1-0 	4 	 	 	
4 	September 19 	Philadelphia Flyers 	5 - 4 (OT) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	18,609 	3-1-0 	6 	 	 	
5 	September 22 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3 - 2 (SO) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	18,910 	4-1-0 	8 	 	 	
6 	September 23 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2 - 3 	Buffalo Sabres 	11,008 	4-2-0 	8 	 	 	
7 	September 25 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	5 - 4 (SO) 	Detroit Red Wings 	14,399 	5-2-0 	10 	 	 	
8 	September 26 	Detroit Red Wings 	2 - 1 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	18,825 	6-2-0 	12 	 	 	
9 	September 27 	Buffalo Sabres 	6 - 7 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	18,388 	6-3-0 	12 	 	 	
== Regular season ==
The Leafs got off to a slow start to the NHL season, with a record of 0 - 7 - 1, the worst start for the Leafs since the NHL formed in 1917. Also, the Leafs surrendered the first goal to their opposition in each of their first 11 games, and 17 of their first 19 games.
=== Divisional standings ===
=== Conference standings ===
=== Game log ===
2009–10 Game Log	2009–10 Game Log	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 1-7-4 (Home: 0-4-1; Road: 1-3-3)
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points
1 	October 1 	Montreal Canadiens 	3 - 4 (OT)	Air Canada Centre 	19,617 	0-0-1 	1
2 	October 3 	@ Washington Capitals	4 - 6 	Verizon Center 	18,277 	0-1-1 	1
3 	October 6 	Ottawa Senators 	1 - 2 	Air Canada Centre 	18,830 	0-2-1 	1
4 	October 10 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2 - 5 	Air Canada Centre 	19,374 	0-3-1 	1
5 	October 12 	@ New York Rangers 	2 - 7 	Madison Square Garden 	18,200 	0-4-1 	1
6 	October 13 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 - 4 	Air Canada Centre 	19,148 	0-5-1 	1
7 	October 17 	New York Rangers 	1 - 4 	Air Canada Centre 	19,295 	0-6-1 	1
8 	October 24 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	1 - 3 	GM Place 	18,810 	0-7-1 	1
9 	October 26 	@ Anaheim Ducks 	6 - 3 	Honda Center 	14,291 	1-7-1 	3
10 	October 28 	@ Dallas Stars 	3 - 4 (OT)	American Airlines Center	16,302 	1-7-2 	4
11 	October 30 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	2 - 3 (OT)	HSBC Arena 	18,300 	1-7-3 	5
12 	October 31 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	4 - 5 (SO)	Bell Centre 	21,273 	1-7-4 	6
===Overtime Statistics===
 	Games	Won	Lost	Goal Scorers
Over Time	15 	5 	10 	Kulemin (2), Kessel (1), Grabovski (1), Phaneuf (1)
Shootout 	8 	4 	4 	
 	23 	9 	14 	
===Record based on Toronto (or opposition) scoring first goal(s)===
updated to game played April 10, 2010
Score (ONLY)	Games	Team Record	Score (ONLY)	Games	Team Record	Score (AT LEAST)	Games	Team Record	Score (AT LEAST)	Games	Team Record
1-0 	14 	5-4-5 	0-1 	20 	7-7-6 	1-0 	30 	18-6-6 	0-1 	52 	12-32-8
2-0 	6 	5-1-0 	0-2 	17 	5-11-1 	2-0 	16 	13-2-1 	0-2 	32 	5-25-2
3-0 	7 	5-1-1 	0-3 	10 	0-9-1 	3-0 	10 	8-1-1 	0-3 	15 	0-14-1
4-0+ 	3 	3-0-0 	0-4+ 	5 	0-5-0 	4-0 	3 	3-0-0 	0-4 	5 	0-5-0
Total 	30 	18-6-6 	 	52 	12-32-8 	 	 	 	 	 	
*Toronto's score listed first
== Playoffs ==
The Toronto Maple Leafs were trying to achieve their first qualification since the 2003–04 NHL season, however they were mathematically eliminated after their 77th game. They were the first team eliminated in the Eastern Conference. Currently, only the Florida Panthers have failed to qualify for the playoffs for more consecutive years.
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	70	30	25	55 	-8 	21
 	82	7 	42	49 	-16	24
 	61	19	22	41 	5 	44
 	55	16	25	41 	-3 	30
 	78	16	20	36 	0 	16
 	59	10	25	35 	3 	10
 	55	20	13	33 	-3 	23
 	62	14	16	30 	-10	18
 	37	8 	19	27 	-5 	6
 	56	10	16	26 	-4 	26
 	56	9 	17	26 	1 	39
 	82	5 	21	26 	-13	33
 	60	6 	17	23 	-7 	31
 	79	5 	12	17 	2 	50
 	43	3 	12	15 	8 	10
 	40	9 	5 	14 	-13	30
 	39	2 	8 	10 	-11	20
 	26	2 	8 	10 	-2 	34
 	60	2 	7 	9 	-7 	20
 	59	3 	5 	8 	-1 	35
 	44	2 	6 	8 	-5 	78
 	31	2 	5 	7 	-2 	16
 	82	4 	2 	6 	-4 	239
 	19	1 	5 	6 	0 	10
 	19	2 	3 	5 	-4 	4
 	51	1 	3 	4 	-8 	73
 	34	0 	4 	4 	-9 	40
 	15	1 	2 	3 	-1 	16
 	15	1 	1 	2 	-2 	67
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Mike KomisarekLeafs Sign Defenceman Mike Komisarek 	Montreal Canadiens 	5 years, $22.5 million
Colton OrrLeafs Add Tough-Guy Colton Orr 	New York Rangers 	4 years, $4 million
Jay RosehillLeafs Re-Sign Ondrus, Hamilton, Ink Three More Forwards 	Toronto Marlies 	2 years
Tim BrentLeafs Re-Sign Ondrus, Hamilton, Ink Three More Forwards 	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year
Richard GreenopLeafs Re-Sign Ondrus, Hamilton, Ink Three More Forwards	Chicago Blackhawks 	3 year entry-level contract
Francois BeaucheminBeauchemin Signs With The Maple Leafs 	Anaheim Ducks 	3 years, $11.4 million
Jonas GustavssonLeafs Sign Jonas Gustavsson 	Färjestads BK 	1 year, $900,000
Rickard WallinLeafs Sign Forward Rickard Wallin 	Färjestads BK 	1 year
Joey MacDonaldMaple Leafs Sign Goaltender Joey MacDonald 	New York Islanders 	1 year
Brayden IrwinLeafs Ink Brayden Irwin To Two-Year Deal 	University of Vermont	2 year entry-level contract
Jussi RynnasLeafs Agree To Terms With Rynnas 	Ässät 	2 year entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Jaime SifersWild signs defensemen Fraser, Sifers 	Minnesota Wild 	1 year
Jay HarrisonCanes Agree to Terms with Jay Harrison 	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $500K 2-way contract
Kris NewburyWings agree to terms with three players 	Detroit Red Wings 	1 year, 2-way contract
Jeremy WilliamsWings agree to terms with three players 	Detroit Red Wings 	1 year, 2-way contract
Martin GerberGerber follows Emery path 	Atlant Moscow 	1 year
Jeff Hamilton Lugano verpflichtete Jeff Hamilton (in Swedish)	HC Lugano 	1 year
Ryan Hollweg COYOTES SIGN HOLLWEG TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT 	Phoenix Coyotes 	1 year
Brad May RED WINGS SIGN VETERAN MAY TO 1-YEAR, $500K CONTRACT	Detroit Red Wings 	1 year, $500K
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Jamie LundmarkLeafs Claim Lundmark, Assign Hanson, Stalberg To Marlies	Calgary Flames	February 13, 2010
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
=== Lost via Retirement ===
Player
Olaf KölzigOlaf Kolzig Retires After 14 NHL Seasons
Curtis JosephCURTIS JOSEPH ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE NHL
=== Player Signings ===
Player 	Contract terms
Mikhail GrabovskiLeafs Re-Sign Mikhail Grabovski 	3 years, $8.7 million
Nazem KadriLeafs Sign First Round Pick Nazem Kadri 	3 year entry-level contract
Ben OndrusLeafs Re-Sign Ondrus, Hamilton, Ink Three More Forwards 	1 year
Ryan HamiltonLeafs Re-Sign Ondrus, Hamilton, Ink Three More Forwards	1 year
Andre DeveauxLeafs Re-Sign Andre Deveaux 	1 year
Darryl BoyceBoyce, Foster Re-Sign With Maple Leafs 	2 years
Alex FosterBoyce, Foster Re-Sign With Maple Leafs 	1 year
Justin PoggeJustin Pogge 	1 year, $605,000
Phil KesselKESSEL TRADED TO MAPLE LEAFS, SIGNS 5-YEAR, $27M CONTRACT	5 years, $27 million
Jesse BlackerLeafs Sign Jesse Blacker 	3 year entry-level contract
Jonas GustavssonLeafs Re-Sign Gustavsson To Two-Year Deal 	2 years, $2.7 million contract extension
== Draft picks ==
Toronto's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec. 
Round	Pick 	Player 	Position	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	7 	Nazem Kadri 	C 	 	London Knights (OHL)
2 	50 (from NY Rangers) 	Kenny Ryan 	RW 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Boston College Eagles (H-East)
2 	58 (from Carolina via Edmonton and Buffalo)	Jesse Blacker 	D 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3 	68 	Jamie Devane 	LW 	 	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4 	118 (From Carolina via Tampa Bay) 	Forfeited because of Jonas Frogren contract	 	 	
5 	128 	Eric Knodel 	D 	 	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (AYHL)
6 	158 	Jerry D'Amigo 	RW 	 	Rensselaer Engineers (ECAC)
7 	188 	Barron Smith 	(D) 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
== Roster ==
== See also ==
* 2009–10 NHL season
== Farm teams ==
* The Maple Leafs continue their affiliation with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League and the Reading Royals of the ECHL.
== References ==
== External Links ==
*2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs season at ESPN
*2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs season at Hockey Reference
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