2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season began October 4, 2007. It is the 90th season of the franchise, 80th season as the Maple Leafs. 
In an effort to return to the playoffs in 2007–08, the Leafs made two significant moves during the off-season. The first, was to acquire goaltender Vesa Toskala, along with Mark Bell from the San Jose Sharks for three draft picks. Toronto also signed free agent Jason Blake to a five-year, $20 million contract. Blake topped the 40-goal mark for the first time in 2006–07.
With the Leafs struggling in the Northeast Division, the future of John Ferguson Jr.'s tenure as General Manager has been widely debated after team president Richard Peddie admitted that hiring Ferguson was "a mistake". According to TSN, the Leafs asked former Toronto GM Cliff Fletcher to serve as interim GM early in January. On January 22 it was announced that Ferguson's time with the club had ended, as the board of directors at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment voted to make a change. Fletcher was named interim General Manager.
Defenceman Tomas Kaberle was selected to represent the Leafs, and the Eastern Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia. He hit all four targets in four shots to become the winner of the accuracy competition.
==Regular season==
On October 8, 2007, newly-acquired winger Jason Blake announced that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, a treatable form of cancer. He continued playing during treatment.
In mid-November, 2007, Jiří Tlustý was caught in a scandal when nude photos of him appeared on the Internet. Tlustý apologized for this incident and admitted he made a mistake. 
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 5–5–3; Home: 3–4–2; Road: 2–1–1
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points
1 	October 3 	Ottawa 	4 – 3	Toronto 	OT	Raycroft	19,476 	0–0–1 	1
2 	October 4 	Toronto 	2 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Toskala 	19,857 	0–1–1 	1
3 	October 6 	Montreal 	3 – 4	Toronto 	OT	Toskala 	19,476 	1–1–1 	3
4 	October 9 	Carolina 	7 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,224 	1–2–1 	3
5 	October 11	N.Y. Islanders	1 – 8	Toronto 	 	Raycroft	19,319 	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 13	Pittsburgh 	6 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,479 	2–3–1 	5
7 	October 15	Toronto 	4 – 5	Buffalo 	OT	Raycroft	18,217 	2–3–2 	6
8 	October 18	Florida 	2 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,349 	3–3–2 	8
9 	October 20	Chicago 	6 – 4	Toronto 	 	Raycroft	19,314 	3–4–2 	8
10 	October 23	Atlanta 	5 – 4	Toronto 	SO	Toskala 	19,210 	3–4–3 	9
11 	October 25	Toronto 	5 – 2	Pittsburgh 	 	Toskala 	17,051 	4–4–3 	11
12 	October 27	Toronto 	4 – 1	N.Y. Rangers	 	Toskala 	18,200 	5–4–3 	13
13 	October 29	Washington 	7 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,316 	5–5–3 	13
====November====
Record: 4–6–3; Home: 1–1–3; Road: 3–5–0
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points
14 	November 2 	Toronto 	2 – 3	New Jersey	 	Toskala 	14,523 	5–6–3 	13
15 	November 3 	Toronto 	3 – 2	Montreal 	 	Toskala 	21,273 	6–6–3 	15
16 	November 6 	Toronto 	1 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Toskala 	19,613 	6–7–3 	15
17 	November 9 	Toronto 	3 – 0	Buffalo 	 	Raycroft	18,690 	7–7–3 	17
18 	November 10	N.Y. Rangers	3 – 2	Toronto 	SO	Toskala 	19,503 	7–7–4 	18
19 	November 13	Montreal 	4 – 3	Toronto 	OT	Raycroft	19,595 	7–7–5 	19
20 	November 15	Toronto 	2 – 5	Boston 	 	Raycroft	16,373 	7–8–5 	19
21 	November 17	Ottawa 	0 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,596 	8–8–5 	21
22 	November 20	Boston 	4 – 2	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,441 	8–9–5 	21
23 	November 23	Toronto 	1 – 3	Dallas 	 	Toskala 	18,409 	8–10–5	21
24 	November 24	Toronto 	1 – 5	Phoenix 	 	Raycroft	17,190 	8–11–5	21
25 	November 27	Montreal 	4 – 3	Toronto 	SO	Toskala 	19,608 	8–11–6	22
26 	November 29	Toronto 	4 – 2	Atlanta 	 	Toskala 	14,031 	9–11–6	24
====December====
Record: 6–5–2; Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–2
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Points
27 	December 1 	Pittsburgh 	2 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,534 	10–11–6	26
28 	December 4 	Nashville 	1 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,400 	11–11–6	28
29 	December 6 	Toronto 	6 – 2	N.Y. Rangers 	 	Toskala 	18,200 	12–11–6	30
30 	December 8 	Boston 	2 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,441 	12–12–6	30
31 	December 10	Tampa Bay 	1 – 6	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,454 	13–12–6	32
32 	December 14	Toronto 	4 – 0	Atlanta 	 	Toskala 	16,424 	14–12–6	34
33 	December 15	Toronto 	1 – 4	Montreal 	 	Toskala 	21,273 	14–13–6	34
34 	December 18	Toronto 	2 – 3	Carolina 	OT	Toskala 	17,045 	14–13–7	35
35 	December 20	Toronto 	1 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Toskala 	19,131 	14–14–7	35
36 	December 22	Toronto 	2 – 1	Florida 	OT	Toskala 	18,500 	15–14–7	37
37 	December 26	Toronto 	3 – 4	N.Y. Islanders	OT	Raycroft	15,301 	15–14–8	38
38 	December 27	Toronto 	1 – 4	Philadelphia 	 	Raycroft	19,727 	15–15–8	38
39 	December 29	N.Y. Rangers	6 – 1	Toronto 	 	Raycroft	19,408 	15–16–8	38
====January====
Record:5–8–1 ; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 1–6–1 
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Points
40 	January 1 	Tampa Bay 	3 – 4	Toronto 	SO	Clemmensen	19,347 	16–16–8	40
41 	January 3 	Toronto 	2 – 6	Pittsburgh 	 	Clemmensen	17,074 	16–17–8	40
42 	January 5 	Philadelphia	3 – 2	Toronto 	 	Raycroft 	19,412 	16–18–8	40
43 	January 9 	Toronto 	0 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Toskala 	17,174 	16–19–8	40
44 	January 10	Toronto 	2 – 5	Los Angeles	 	Raycroft 	18,118 	16–20–8	40
45 	January 12	Toronto 	2 – 3	San Jose 	 	Toskala 	17,496 	16–21–8	40
46 	January 15	Carolina 	4 – 5	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,444 	17–21–8	42
47 	January 17	Toronto 	3 – 2	Boston 	SO	Toskala 	13,907 	18–21–8	44
48 	January 19	Buffalo 	2 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,436 	19–21–8	46
49 	January 20	Toronto 	2 – 3	New Jersey 	 	Raycroft 	15,291 	19–22–8	46
50 	January 23	Washington 	2 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,479 	20–22–8	48
51 	January 24	Toronto 	1 – 2	Washington 	 	Toskala 	14,094 	20–23–8	48
52 	January 29	St. Louis 	3 – 2	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,363 	20–24–8	48
53 	January 31	Toronto 	2 – 3	Carolina 	OT	Toskala 	15,159 	20–24–9	49
====February====
Record: 8–4–1 ; Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–1
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Points
54 	February 2 	Ottawa 	2 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,543 	21–24–9 	51
55 	February 5 	Florida 	8 – 0	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,430 	21–25–9 	51
56 	February 7 	Toronto 	4 – 2	Montreal 	 	Toskala 	21,273 	22–25–9 	53
57 	February 9 	Detroit 	2 – 3	Toronto 	OT	Toskala 	19,510 	23–25–9 	55
58 	February 13	Toronto 	0 – 1	Buffalo 	 	Toskala 	18,690 	23–26–9 	55
59 	February 14	NY Islanders	5 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,227 	23–27–9 	55
60 	February 16	Boston 	3 – 4	Toronto 	OT	Toskala 	19,481 	24–27–9 	57
61 	February 19	Columbus 	1 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,347 	25–27–9 	59
62 	February 21	Buffalo 	5 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,467 	25–28–9 	59
63 	February 23	Atlanta 	1 – 3	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,390 	26–28–9 	61
64 	February 25	Toronto 	5 – 0	Ottawa 	 	Toskala 	19,861 	27–28–9 	63
65 	February 27	Toronto 	4 – 3	Florida 	SO	Toskala 	14,557 	28–28–9 	65
66 	February 29	Toronto 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay	OT	Toskala 	20,641 	28–28–10	66
====March====
Record: 8–5–0; Home: 2–4–0; Road: 6–1–0
Game #	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Points
67 	March 1 	Toronto 	3 – 2	Washington 	 	Toskala 	18,277 	29–28–10	68
68 	March 4 	New Jersey 	4 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,507 	29–29–10	68
69 	March 6 	Toronto 	8 – 2	Boston 	 	Toskala 	15,483 	30–29–10	70
70 	March 8 	New Jersey 	2 – 1	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,469 	30–30–10	70
71 	March 11	Philadelphia	3 – 4	Toronto 	OT	Toskala 	19,507 	31–30–10	72
72 	March 12	Toronto 	3 – 2	Philadelphia	 	Toskala 	19,642 	32–30–10	74
73 	March 15	Buffalo 	6 – 2	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,462 	32–31–10	74
74 	March 18	Toronto 	3 – 1	NY Islanders	 	Toskala 	13,134 	33–31–10	76
75 	March 21	Toronto 	4 – 1	Buffalo 	 	Toskala 	18,690 	34–31–10	78
76 	March 22	Toronto 	5 – 4	Ottawa 	 	Toskala 	20,183 	35–31–10	80
77 	March 25	Boston 	6 – 2	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,562 	35–32–10	80
78 	March 27	Toronto 	2 – 4	Boston 	 	Toskala 	16,659 	35–33–10	80
79 	March 29	Montreal 	2 – 4	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,584 	36–33–10	82
====April====
Record: 0–2–1; Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–1–0
Game #	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Points
80 	April 1	Buffalo	4 – 3	Toronto 	SO	Raycroft	19,288 	36–33–11	83
81 	April 3	Ottawa 	8 – 2	Toronto 	 	Toskala 	19,466 	36–34–11	83
82 	April 5	Toronto	1 – 3	Montreal	 	Raycroft	21,273 	36–35–11	83
===Playoffs===
On 27 March 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from postseason contention for the third straight season following a 4–2 loss to the Boston Bruins.
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mats Sundin 	74	32	46	78 	17 	76
Nik Antropov 	72	26	30	56 	10 	92
Tomas Kaberle 	82	8 	45	53 	-8 	22
Jason Blake 	82	15	37	52 	-4 	28
Alex Steen 	76	15	27	42 	0 	32
Pavel Kubina 	72	11	29	40 	5 	116
Alexei Ponikarovsky	66	18	17	35 	3 	36
Darcy Tucker 	74	18	16	34 	-8 	100
Matt Stajan 	82	16	17	33 	-11	47
Bryan McCabe 	54	5 	18	23 	-2 	81
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Vesa Toskala 	66	3837	33	25	6 	175	3 	.904	2.74
Andrew Raycroft 	19	965 	2 	9 	5 	63 	1 	.876	3.92
Scott Clemmensen	3 	154 	1 	1 	0 	10 	0 	.839	3.89
==Awards and records==
===Records===
*On October 11, 2007, in an 8–1 victory over the New York Islanders, Mats Sundin scored his 390th goal as a Leaf, and earned his 917th point in a Leaf uniform breaking Darryl Sittler's team record as the all-time points and goals leader.
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Kaberle 	600th NHL Game 	October 3, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Darcy Tucker 	1200th NHL PIM 	October 9, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Stajan 	100th NHL Point 	October 11, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Andy Wozniewski 	1st NHL Goal 	October 11, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bryan McCabe 	1500th NHL PIM 	October 13, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mats Sundin 	1000th NHL PIM 	October 13, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nik Antropov 	200th NHL Point 	October 18, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Kubina 	600th NHL Game 	October 18, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wade Belak 	400th NHL Game 	October 20, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chad Kilger 	100th NHL Goal 	October 20, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anton Stralman 	1st NHL Game 	October 23, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jiří Tlustý 	1st NHL Game1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point	October 25, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ian White 	100th NHL Game 	October 27, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jason Blake 	300th NHL Point 	November 2, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jiří Tlustý 	1st NHL Assist 	November 2, 2007 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mats Sundin 	400th Goal with the Leafs 	November 27, 2007	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Clemmensen	1st NHL Win with the Leafs 	January 1, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anton Stralman 	1st NHL Goal 	March 21, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.
===Trades===
June 22, 2007 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Vesa Toskala Mark Bell 	To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2009
February 26, 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 2008 	To Florida Panthers Wade Belak
February 26, 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2008 	To Florida Panthers Chad Kilger
February 26, 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round pick in 20085th round pick in 2009	To Pittsburgh Penguins Hal Gill
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms
Jason Blake 	New York Islanders	5 year, $20 million
Scott Clemmensen	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $500,000
===Claimed from Waivers===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Dominic Moore	Minnesota Wild	January 11, 2008
==Draft picks==
Toronto's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3 	74 	Dale Mitchell 	RW 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 	99 	Matt Frattin 	RW 	 	Fort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)
4 	104	Ben Winnett 	LW 	 	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
5 	134	Juraj Mikúš 	D 	 	Trencin (Slovakia)
6 	164	Christopher Didomenico	C 	 	Saint John Sea Dogs (QJHML)
7 	194	Carl Gunnarsson 	D 	 	Linköpings HC (SEL)
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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*GM: Cliff Fletcher
*Coach: Paul Maurice		
Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
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==See also==
*2007–08 NHL season
*List of Toronto Maple Leafs seasons
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2007 in hockey