Toronto Maple Leafs

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 Scotiabank Arena (formerly Air Canada Centre) 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===
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. 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.
===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.Thomas Stafford Smythe and Kevin Shea, Centre Ice: The Smythe Family, the Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club, Fenn Publishing, 2000, p. 36. Initial reports were that the team's colours would be changed to red and white,"Good-bye St. Pats, howdy Maple Leafs", The Globe, February 15, 1927, p. 6. but the Leafs were wearing white sweaters with a green maple leaf for their first game on February 17, 1927."Toronto crumbles New York chances", The Globe, February 18, 1927, p. 8. 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====
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====
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====
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. 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.
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. 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.
On January 22, 2008, general manager John Ferguson, Jr. was fired and was replaced by Cliff Fletcher 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.
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. On June 14, 2010, the Leafs named Dion Phaneuf as captain after the two seasons with no captain following Sundin's departure. 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.
=== 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. Needing a goaltender tandem for the upcoming season, the Leafs acquired Matt Murray through a trade with the Senators, and signed free agent Ilya Samsonov.
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. 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. Following the loss, Dubas' contract as general manager was not renewed with the club for the 2023–24 season. Dubas was then replaced by Brad Treliving on May 31 after the former's contract wasn't renewed. On 31 December 2023, Ilya Samsonov was replaced by Dennis Hildeby after he surrendered 22 goals in his last 4 games. William Nylander is also currently undergoing negotiations regarding his contract renewal.
==Rivalries==
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. 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. 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.Maple Leaf Gardens page at Ballparks.com The Leafs have also sold out every game at the Air Canada Centre since October 2002.ACC has a capacity of 18,800 and the game on October 31, 2002 drew 18,727 fans. 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.
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". 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,Thrashers party for Canadians 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
 	Division champions
 	Led league in points
 	O'Brien Cup champions
 	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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OT 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Result
1917–18 	1917–18 	— 	— 	14 	8 	6 	— 	— 	16 	71 	75 	2nd 	7 	4 	3 	0 	28 	28 	Won NHL Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 10–7 (TG)Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Millionaires, 3–2
1917–18 	1917–18 	— 	— 	8 	5 	3 	— 	— 	10 	37 	34 	1st 	7 	4 	3 	0 	28 	28 	Won NHL Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 10–7 (TG)Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Millionaires, 3–2
1918–19 	1918–19 	— 	— 	10 	3 	7 	— 	— 	6 	43 	49 	3rd 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1918–19 	1918–19 	— 	— 	8 	2 	6 	— 	— 	4 	22 	43 	3rd 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1919–20 	1919–20 	— 	— 	12 	5 	7 	— 	— 	10 	52 	62 	3rd 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1919–20 	1919–20 	— 	— 	12 	7 	5 	— 	— 	14 	67 	44 	2nd 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
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)
1920–21 	1920–21 	— 	— 	14 	10 	4 	— 	— 	20 	66 	53 	1st 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	7 	Lost NHL Finals to Ottawa Senators, 0–7 (TG)
1921–22 	1921–22 	— 	— 	24 	13 	10 	1 	— 	27 	98 	97 	2nd 	7 	4 	2 	1 	21 	13 	Won NHL Finals vs. Ottawa Senators 5–4 (TG)Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Vancouver Millionaires, 3–2
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)
1925–26 	1925–26 	— 	— 	36 	12 	21 	3 	— 	27 	92 	114 	6th 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1926–27 	1926–27 	— 	Canadian 	44 	15 	24 	5 	— 	35 	79 	94 	5th 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Did not qualify
1927–28 	1927–28 	— 	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
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)
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
1932–33 	1932–33 	— 	Canadian 	48 	24 	18 	6 	— 	54 	119 	111 	1st 	9 	4 	5 	0 	14 	18 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–2Lost Stanley Cup Finals to New York Rangers, 1–3
1933–34 	1933–34 	— 	Canadian 	48 	26 	13 	9 	— 	61 	174 	119 	1st 	5 	2 	3 	0 	12 	11 	Lost Semifinals to Detroit Red Wings, 2–3
1934–35 	1934–35 	— 	Canadian 	48 	30 	14 	4 	— 	64 	157 	111 	1st 	7 	3 	4 	0 	11 	12 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Maroons, 0–3
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, 2–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Detroit Red Wings, 1–3
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
1937–38 	1937–38 	— 	Canadian 	48 	24 	15 	9 	— 	57 	151 	127 	1st 	7 	4 	3 	0 	14 	13 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 3–0Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Chicago Black Hawks, 1–3
1938–39 	1938–39 	— 	— 	48 	19 	20 	9 	— 	47 	114 	107 	3rd 	10 	5 	5 	0 	22 	20 	Won Quarterfinals vs. New York Americans, 2–0Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 2–1Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Boston Bruins, 1–4
1939–40 	1939–40 	— 	— 	48 	25 	17 	6 	— 	56 	134 	110 	3rd 	10 	6 	4 	0 	21 	19 	Won Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 2–0Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 2–0Lost Stanley Cup Finals to New York Rangers, 2–4
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
1941–42 	1941–42 	— 	— 	48 	27 	18 	3 	— 	57 	158 	136 	2nd 	13 	8 	5 	0 	38 	31 	Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3
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
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
1944–45 	1944–45 	— 	— 	50 	24 	22 	4 	— 	52 	183 	161 	3rd 	13 	8 	5 	0 	24 	30 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3
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, 4–1Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2
1947–48 	1947–48 	— 	— 	60 	32 	15 	13 	— 	77 	182 	143 	1st 	9 	8 	1 	0 	38 	20 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–0
1948–49 	1948–49 	— 	— 	60 	22 	25 	13 	— 	57 	147 	161 	4th 	9 	8 	1 	0 	28 	15 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–0
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
1950–51 	1950–51 	— 	— 	70 	41 	16 	13 	— 	95 	212 	138 	2nd 	11 	8 	2 	1 	30 	15 	Won Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1–1Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1
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
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
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
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
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, 4–3Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–4
1959–60 	1959–60 	— 	— 	70 	35 	26 	9 	— 	79 	199 	195 	2nd 	10 	4 	6 	0 	25 	31 	Won Semifinals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
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
1961–62 	1961–62 	— 	— 	70 	37 	22 	11 	— 	85 	232 	180 	2nd 	12 	8 	4 	0 	40 	30 	Won Semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–2
1962–63 	1962–63 	— 	— 	70 	35 	23 	12 	— 	82 	221 	180 	1st 	10 	8 	2 	0 	31 	16 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–1
1963–64 	1963–64 	— 	— 	70 	33 	25 	12 	— 	78 	192 	172 	3rd 	14 	8 	6 	0 	39 	31 	Won Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings, 4–3
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
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
1966–67 	1966–67 	— 	— 	70 	32 	27 	11 	— 	75 	204 	211 	3rd 	12 	8 	4 	0 	35 	30 	Won Semifinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks, 4–2Won Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2
1967–68 	1967–68 	— 	East 	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
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
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
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
1974–75 	1974–75 	Wales 	Adams 	80 	31 	33 	16 	— 	78 	280 	309 	3rd 	7 	2 	5 	0 	13 	21 	Won Preliminary Round vs. Los Angeles Kings, 2–1Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 0–4
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, 2–1Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 3–4
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, 2–1Lost Quarterfinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 2–4
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, 2–0Won Quarterfinals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3Lost Semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
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, 2–0Lost Quarterfinals to Montreal Canadiens, 0–4
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
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
1981–82 	1981–82 	Campbell 	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
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, 3–0Lost Division Finals to St. Louis Blues, 3–4
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, 4–2Lost Division Finals to Detroit Red Wings, 3–4
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
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
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, 4–3Won Division Finals vs. St. Louis Blues, 4–3Lost Conference Finals to Los Angeles Kings, 3–4
1993–94 	1993–94 	Western 	Central 	84 	43 	29 	12 	— 	98 	280 	243 	2nd 	18 	9 	9 	0 	50 	47 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 4–2Won Conference Semifinals vs. San Jose Sharks, 4–3Lost Conference Finals to Vancouver Canucks, 1–4
1994–95 	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
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
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 	Northeast 	82 	45 	30 	7 	— 	97 	268 	231 	2nd 	17 	9 	8 	0 	43 	46 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 4–2Won Conference Semifinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–2Lost Conference Finals to Buffalo Sabres, 1–4
1999–2000 	1999–2000 	Eastern 	Northeast 	82 	45 	27 	7 	3 	100 	246 	222 	1st 	12 	6 	6 	0 	26 	26 	Won Conference Quarterfinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–2Lost Conference Semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 2–4
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, 4–0Lost Conference Semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 3–4
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, 4–3Won Conference Semifinals vs. Ottawa Senators, 4–3Lost Conference Finals to Carolina Hurricanes, 2–4
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
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, 4–3Lost Conference Semifinals to Philadelphia Flyers, 2–4
2004–05 	2004–05 	Eastern 	Northeast 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No playoffs due to lockout
2005–06 	2005–06 	Eastern 	Northeast 	82 	41 	33 	— 	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 	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
2013–14 	2013–14 	Eastern 	Atlantic 	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 	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 	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 	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	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason	Postseason
NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OT 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Result
Totals 	Totals 	Totals 	5 Division Championships	6660 	2929 	2790 	783 	158 	6799 	20452 	20547 	— 	544 	259 	281 	4 	1400 	1488 	13 Stanley Cups
==Players==
===Current roster===
===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====
* Jack Adams, C, 1922–26, inducted 1959
* Glenn Anderson, RW/LW, 1991–94, inducted 2008
* Syl Apps, C, 1936–48, inducted 1961
* George Armstrong, C, 1950–71, inducted 1975
* Ace Bailey, LW, 1926–33, inducted 1978
* Andy Bathgate, C, 1963–65, inducted 1978
* Max Bentley, C, 1947–53, inducted 1966
* Leo Boivin, D, 1951–55, inducted 1986
* Johnny Bower, G, 1958–70, inducted 1976
* Turk Broda, G, 1936–52, inducted 1967
* Harry Cameron, D, 1917–23, inducted 1962
* Gerry Cheevers, G, 1961–62, inducted 1985
* King Clancy, D, 1930–36, inducted 1958
* Sprague Cleghorn, D, 1920–21, inducted 1958
* Charlie Conacher, RW, 1929–37, inducted 1961
* Rusty Crawford, LW, 1917–19, inducted 1962
* Hap Day, D, 1924–37, inducted 1961
* Gordie Drillon, LW, 1937–42, inducted 1975
* Dick Duff, LW, 1954–64, inducted 2006
* Babe Dye, RW, 1920–26, 1930, inducted 1970
* Fernie Flaman, D, 1950–54, inducted 1990
* Ron Francis, C, 2003–04, inducted 2007
* Grant Fuhr, G, 1991–93, inducted 2003
* Mike Gartner, RW, 1994–96, inducted 2001
* Eddie Gerard, D, 1921–22, inducted 1945
* George Hainsworth, G, 1933–37, inducted 1961
* Hap Holmes, G, 1917–19, inducted 1972
* Red Horner, D, 1928–40, inducted 1965
* Tim Horton, D, 1952–70, inducted 1977
* Syd Howe, LW, 1931–32, inducted 1965
* Busher Jackson, LW, 1929–39, inducted 1971
* Red Kelly, D, 1960–67, inducted 1969
* Ted Kennedy, C, 1943–57, inducted 1966
* Dave Keon, C, 1960–75, inducted 1986
* Brian Leetch, D, 2004, inducted 2009
* Harry Lumley, G, 1952–56, inducted 1980
* Frank Mahovlich, LW, 1957–68, inducted 1981
* Lanny McDonald, RW, 1973–79, inducted 1992
* Dickie Moore, LW, 1964–65, inducted 1974
* Larry Murphy, D, 1995–97, inducted 2004
* Frank Nighbor, C, 1929–30, inducted 1947
* Reg Noble, LW, 1919–24, inducted 1962
* Bert Olmstead, RW, 1958–62, inducted 1985
* Bernie Parent, G, 1970–72, inducted 1984
* Pierre Pilote, D, 1968–69, inducted 1975
* Jacques Plante, G, 1970–73, inducted 1978
* Babe Pratt, D, 1942–46, inducted 1966
* Joe Primeau, C, 1927–36, inducted 1963
* Marcel Pronovost, D, 1965–70, inducted 1978
* Bob Pulford, LW, 1956–70, inducted 1991
* Borje Salming, D, 1973–89, inducted 1996
* Terry Sawchuk, G, 1964–67, inducted 1971
* Sweeney Schriner, LW, 1939–46, inducted 1962
* Darryl Sittler, C, 1970–82, inducted 1989
* Allan Stanley, D, 1958–68, inducted 1981
* Norm Ullman, C, 1968–75, inducted 1982
* Harry Watson, LW, 1946–55, inducted 1994
====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===
* Bert Corbeau, 1927Lashway, p. 159
*Hap Day, 1927–37
*Charlie Conacher, 1937–38
*Red Horner, 1938–40
*Syl Apps, 1940–43, 1945–48
*Bob Davidson, 1943–45
*Ted Kennedy, 1948–55, 1957
*Sid Smith, 1955–56
*Jimmy Thomson, 1956–57
*George Armstrong, 1957–69
*Dave Keon, 1969–75
*Darryl Sittler, 1975–79, 1980–82
*Rick Vaive, 1982–86
*Rob Ramage, 1989–91
*Wendel Clark, 1991–94
*Doug Gilmour, 1994–97
*Mats Sundin, 1997–2008
*Dion Phaneuf, 2010–present
===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.Lashway, p. 184
==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==
* Toronto Blueshirts (1912–17)
* Pittsburgh Hornets minor league farm team (1961–1967)
* Toronto Marlboros farm team 1927–1989
* Markham Waxers former farm team
* St. Catharines Saints 1982–1986
* Newmarket Saints farm team 1986–1991
* St. John's Maple Leafs farm team 1991-2005
* Victoria Maple Leafs farm team 1964-1966
* Toronto Marlies farm team (2005–present)
* Columbia Inferno minor league farm team 2006–2008
* Reading Royals minor league farm team 2008-present
* List of Toronto Maple Leafs players
==References and notes==
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==External links==
* Toronto Maple Leafs official web site
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