2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2014–15 record	30–44–8
Home record	22–17–2
Road record	8–27–6
Goals for	211
Goals against	262
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Randy Carlyle (Oct.–Jan.) Peter Horachek (interim, Jan.–Apr.)
Captain	Dion Phaneuf
Alternate captains	Joffrey Lupul Stephane Robidas
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,076 (94.1%) (36 games)
Team leaders
Goals	James van Riemsdyk (27)
Assists	Phil Kessel (36)
Points	Phil Kessel (61)
Penalty minutes	Dion Phaneuf (108)
Plus/minus	Daniel Winnik (+14)
Wins	Jonathan Bernier (21)
Goals against average	Jonathan Bernier (2.87)

The 2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 98th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. This was the second year of the new alignment and schedule format. Toronto again played every team in their own division at least four times, every team in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference three times, and every team from the Western Conference twice. To complete the 82-game schedule, they played both Ottawa and Detroit five times.

On March 23, 2015, a 13-year long sellout streak ended; only 18,336 fans showed up for the evening match against the Minnesota Wild. Ticket prices for the game were reduced earlier in the day.

Despite remaining in the playoff hunt for the first half of the season, the Leafs finished the season with only 68 points, tied for the fewest earned since the NHL began playing 82 games per season in the 1995-96 season. The day after the regular season ended, April 12, 2015, Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan kept good on his promise of a scorched earth rebuild, as general manager Dave Nonis and interim head coach Peter Horachek were terminated from their positions. Also terminated were coaches Steve Spott, Chris Dennis and Rick St. Croix; director of player development Jim Hughes and director of pro scouting Steve Kasper, as well as Rob Cowie and 18 other scouts. Later in the day, strength and conditioning coach Anthony Belza was fired.

On May 20, 2015, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Mike Babcock would be the team's new head coach, signing him to an eight-year, $50 million contract.

Off-season

On May 8, 2014, general manager Dave Nonis announced that Randy Carlyle had accepted a contract extension to continue as head coach through the 2016–17 season, however Carlyle's assistant coaches, Greg Cronin, Scott Gordon and Dave Farrish were all released by the team.

On July 22, 2014, Brendan Shanahan let go former assistant general managers Claude Loiselle and Dave Poulin and named Kyle Dubas as the new assistant general manager. At the time of the hire, Dubas was 28 years old. He was formerly the general manager of the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

Many players were signed, lost and traded during free agency. See Transactions for a list of lost and acquired players.

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Record vs opponents

Eastern Conference												Western Conference
Atlantic Division							Metropolitan Division					Central Division			Pacific Division
Team	Home			Away			Team	Home		Away		Team	Home	Away	Team	Home	Away
Boston	1–4	6–1		4–3*	1–2*		Carolina	1–4		1–4	1–2	Chicago	3–2	0–4	Anaheim	6–2	0–4
Buffalo	4–0	4–3*		2–6	3–4		Columbus	5–2		4–1	0–5	Colorado	3–2*	3–4*	Arizona	1–3	2–3
Detroit	1–4	4–1	4–1	0–1*	2–1*		New Jersey	3–5		1–2*	1–4	Dallas	5–3	4–0	Calgary	4–1	3–6
Florida	2–3	1–4		4–6	3–2		N.Y. Islanders	3–4*		5–2	2–3	Minnesota	1–2	1–3	Edmonton	5–1	1–4
Montreal	3–4	3–4*		1–2*	0–4		N.Y. Rangers	5–4	4–5	6–3		Nashville	2–9	3–4	Los Angeles	4–3*	0–2
Ottawa	4–3*	3–2*		5–3	3–4	3–5	Philadelphia	4–7	3–2	0–1		St. Louis	1–6	0–3	San Jose	1–4	1–3
Tampa Bay	5–2	3–1		2–3	2–4		Pittsburgh	2–5	1–2	3–4*		Winnipeg	4–3*	1–5	Vancouver	5–2	1–4
							Washington	6–2	2–6	0–4
Records	9–5–1			4–8–3				4–7–1		3–7–2			4–3–0	1–5–1		5–2–0	0–7–0
Division	13–13–4							7–14–3					5–8–1			5–9–0
Conference	20–27–7 (Home: 13–12–2; Away: 7–15–5)												10–17–1 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 1–12–1)
Overall	30–44–8 (Home: 22–17–2; Away: 8–27–6)

(* game decided in overtime or shoot-out)

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Carter Ashton	Violating the terms of the NHL/NHL Players' Association Performance Enhancing Substances Program.	20 games	$169,185.00	November 6, 2014
Richard Panik	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 939 in Washington on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 10:57 of the second period.	—	$2,000.00	March 5, 2015
Nazem Kadri	Illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers forward Matt Fraser during NHL game No. 1039 in Edmonton on Monday, March 16, 2015, at 10:58 of the third period.	4 games	$141,463.40	March 18, 2015

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–2–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[a]	September 22	Toronto	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Heeter		1–0–0	Recap
2	September 23	Philadelphia	0–4	Toronto		Bernier	15,190	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 24	Ottawa	4–3	Toronto	SO	Gibson	17,939	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 24	Toronto	2–3	Ottawa		Heeter	15,865	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 26	Toronto	6–4	Buffalo		Reimer	18,942	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 28	Buffalo	2–3	Toronto	SO	Bernier	17,249	4–1–1	Recap
7	September 29	Toronto	0–3	Detroit		Reimer	14,754	4–2–1	Recap
8	October 3	Detroit	1–5	Toronto		Bernier	18,020	5–2–1	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log: 30–44–8, 68 points (Home: 22–17–2; Road: 8–27–6)
October: 5–4–1, 11 points (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Montreal 4–3 Toronto Bernier (0–1–0) 19,745 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Pittsburgh 5–2 Toronto Bernier (0–2–0) 19,039 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 12 Toronto 6–3 NY Rangers Reimer (1–0–0) 18,006 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 14 Colorado 2–3 Toronto OT Reimer (2–0–0) 18,754 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 17 Detroit 4–1 Toronto Reimer (2–1–0) 19,054 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 18 Toronto 0–1 Detroit OT Bernier (0–2–1) 20,027 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 21 Toronto 5–2 NY Islanders Bernier (1–2–1) 11,408 3–3–1 7 Recap – October 22 Toronto Ottawa Game rescheduled to November 9 due to shootings in Ottawa. 8 October 25 Boston 4–1 Toronto Bernier (1–3–1) 19,132 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 28 Buffalo 0–4 Toronto Bernier (2–3–1) 18,898 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 31 Toronto 4–1 Columbus Bernier (3–3–1) 14,479 5–4–1 11 Recap
November: 7–4–2, 16 points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Chicago 2–3 Toronto Reimer (3–1–0) 19,138 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 November 4 Toronto 2–3 Arizona Reimer (3–2–0) 14,202 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Toronto 3–4 Colorado SO Bernier (3–3–2) 15,036 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 8 NY Rangers 4–5 Toronto Bernier (4–3–2) 19,320 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 9 Toronto 5–3 Ottawa Reimer (4–2–0) 19,229 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 12 Boston 1–6 Toronto Bernier (5–3–2) 19,264 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 14 Pittsburgh 2–1 Toronto Bernier (5–4–2) 19,295 9–6–2 20 Recap 18 November 15 Toronto 2–6 Buffalo Reimer (4–3–0) 19,070 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 18 Nashville 9–2 Toronto Bernier (5–5–2) 19,012 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 20 Tampa Bay 2–5 Toronto Bernier (6–5–2) 19,089 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 22 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Bernier (7–5–2) 19,311 11–8–2 24 Recap 22 November 26 Toronto 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Bernier (7–5–3) 18,645 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 29 Washington 2–6 Toronto Bernier (8–5–3) 19,161 12–8–3 27 Recap
December: 9–6–0, 18 points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Dallas 3–5 Toronto Bernier (9–5–3) 19,021 13–8–3 29 Recap 25 December 4 New Jersey 5–3 Toronto Bernier (9–6–3) 18,877 13–9–3 29 Recap 26 December 6 Vancouver 2–5 Toronto Bernier (10–6–3) 19,346 14–9–3 31 Recap 27 December 9 Calgary 1–4 Toronto Bernier (11–6–3) 19,122 15–9–3 33 Recap 28 December 10 Toronto 2–1 Detroit SO Reimer (5–3–0) 20,027 16–9–3 35 Recap 29 December 13 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Bernier (12–6–3) 19,063 17–9–3 37 Recap 30 December 14 Los Angeles 3–4 Toronto SO Reimer (6–3–0) 19,219 18–9–3 39 Recap 31 December 16 Anaheim 2–6 Toronto Bernier (13–6–3) 18,953 19–9–3 41 Recap 32 December 18 Toronto 1–4 Carolina Bernier (13–7–3) 12,332 19–10–3 41 Recap 33 December 20 Philadelphia 7–4 Toronto Bernier (13–8–3) 19,343 19–11–3 41 Recap 34 December 21 Toronto 0–4 Chicago Reimer (6–4–0) 22,131 19–12–3 41 Recap 35 December 23 Toronto 4–0 Dallas Bernier (14–8–3) 18,532 20–12–3 43 Recap 36 December 28 Toronto 4–6 Florida Reimer (6–5–0) 17,877 20–13–3 43 Recap 37 December 29 Toronto 2–3 Tampa Bay Reimer (6–6–0) 19,204 20–14–3 43 Recap 38 December 31 Toronto 4–3 Boston SO Bernier (15–8–3) 17,565 21–14–3 45 Recap
January: 1–11–1, 3 points (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–8–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Toronto 1–3 Minnesota Bernier (15–9–3) 19,168 21–15–3 45 Recap 40 January 3 Toronto 1–5 Winnipeg Reimer (6–7–0) 15,016 21–16–3 45 Recap 41 January 7 Washington 6–2 Toronto Bernier (15–10–3) 19,047 21–17–3 45 Recap 42 January 9 Columbus 2–5 Toronto Bernier (16–10–3) 18,965 22–17–3 47 Recap 43 January 12 Toronto 0–2 Los Angeles Bernier (16–11–3) 18,230 22–18–3 47 Recap 44 January 14 Toronto 0–4 Anaheim Bernier (16–12–3) 16,741 22–19–3 47 Recap 45 January 15 Toronto 1–3 San Jose Reimer (6–8–0) 17,562 22–20–3 47 Recap 46 January 17 Toronto 0–3 St. Louis Bernier (16–13–3) 19,626 22–21–3 47 Recap 47 January 19 Carolina 4–1 Toronto Bernier (16–14–3) 18,979 22–22–3 47 Recap 48 January 21 Toronto 3–4 Ottawa Reimer (6–9–0) 18,894 22–23–3 47 Recap 49 January 28 Toronto 1–2 New Jersey SO Bernier (16–14–4) 15,882 22–23–4 48 Recap 50 January 29 Arizona 3–1 Toronto Bernier (16–15–4) 18,837 22–24–4 48 Recap 51 January 31 Toronto 0–1 Philadelphia Reimer (6–10–0) 19,872 22–25–4 48 Recap
February: 3–7–1, 7 points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 0–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 3 Toronto 3–4 Nashville Bernier (16–16–4) 15,667 22–26–4 48 Recap 53 February 6 Toronto 1–4 New Jersey Reimer (6–11–0) 15,594 22–27–4 48 Recap 54 February 7 Edmonton 1–5 Toronto Reimer (7–11–0) 19,248 23–27–4 50 Recap 55 February 10 NY Rangers 5–4 Toronto Reimer (7–12–0) 18,946 23–28–4 50 Recap 56 February 12 Toronto 2–3 NY Islanders Bernier (16–17–4) 15,388 23–29–4 50 Recap 57 February 14 Toronto 1–2 Montreal SO Bernier (16–17–5) 21,287 23–29–5 51 Recap 58 February 17 Florida 3–2 Toronto Bernier (16–18–5) 19,098 23–30–5 51 Recap 59 February 20 Toronto 1–2 Carolina Reimer (7–13–0) 12,563 23–31–5 51 Recap 60 February 21 Winnipeg 3–4 Toronto OT Bernier (17–18–5) 19,359 24–31–5 53 Recap 61 February 26 Philadelphia 2–3 Toronto Bernier (18–18–5) 18,892 25–31–5 55 Recap 62 February 28 Toronto 0–4 Montreal Bernier (18–19–5) 21,287 25–32–5 55 Recap
March: 4–10–1, 9 points (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Toronto 0–4 Washington Reimer (7–14–0) 18,506 25–33–5 55 Recap 64 March 3 Toronto 3–2 Florida Bernier (19–19–5) 10,198 26–33–5 57 Recap 65 March 5 Toronto 2–4 Tampa Bay Bernier (19–20–5) 19,204 26–34–5 57 Recap 66 March 7 St. Louis 6–1 Toronto Bernier (19–21–5) 19,108 26–35–5 57 Recap 67 March 9 NY Islanders 4–3 Toronto OT Bernier (19–21–6) 18,984 26–35–6 58 Recap 68 March 11 Buffalo 3–4 Toronto SO Bernier (20–21–6) 18,844 27–35–6 60 Recap 69 March 13 Toronto 3–6 Calgary Reimer (7–15–0) 19,289 27–36–6 60 Recap 70 March 14 Toronto 1–4 Vancouver Bernier (20–22–6) 18,870 27–37–6 60 Recap 71 March 16 Toronto 1–4 Edmonton Bernier (20–23–6) 16,839 27–38–6 60 Recap 72 March 19 San Jose 4–1 Toronto Bernier (20–24–6) 18,926 27–39–6 60 Recap 73 March 21 Toronto 3–5 Ottawa Bernier (20–25–6) 19,194 27–40–6 60 Recap 74 March 23 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Bernier (20–26–6) 18,336 27–41–6 60 Recap 75 March 26 Florida 4–1 Toronto Bernier (20–27–6) 18,831 27–42–6 60 Recap 76 March 28 Ottawa 3–4 Toronto OT Reimer (8–15–0) 18,906 28–42–6 62 Recap 77 March 31 Tampa Bay 1–3 Toronto Reimer (9–15–0) 18,857 29–42–6 64 Recap
April: 1–2–2, 4 points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Toronto 3–4 Buffalo Bernier (20–28–6) 19,070 29–43–6 64 Recap 79 April 4 Toronto 1–2 Boston SO Reimer (9–15–1) 17,565 29–43–7 65 Recap 80 April 5 Ottawa 2–3 Toronto SO Bernier (21–28–6) 18,919 30–43–7 67 Recap 81 April 8 Toronto 0–5 Columbus Reimer (9–16–1) 15,631 30–44–7 67 Recap 82 April 11 Montreal 4–3 Toronto SO Bernier (21–28–7) 19,308 30–44–8 68 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Overtime statistics

	Games	Won	Lost	Game Winning Goal Scorers
Overtime	6	3	3	Kessel (1), van Riemsdyk (1), Brewer (1)
Shootout	10	5	5
	16	8	8

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Phil Kessel	82	25	36	61	−34	30
James van Riemsdyk	82	27	29	56	−33	43
Tyler Bozak	82	23	26	49	−34	44
Nazem Kadri	73	18	21	39	−7	28
Cody Franson‡	55	6	26	32	−7	26
Mike Santorelli‡	57	11	18	29	7	8
Morgan Rielly	81	8	21	29	−16	14
Dion Phaneuf	70	3	26	29	−11	108
Leo Komarov	62	8	18	26	0	18
Peter Holland	62	11	14	25	0	31
Daniel Winnik‡	60	7	18	25	14	23
Jake Gardiner	79	4	20	24	−23	24
Joffrey Lupul	55	10	11	21	−10	26
Richard Panik	76	11	6	17	−8	49
David Clarkson‡	58	10	5	15	−11	92
David Booth	59	7	6	13	−8	25
Roman Polak	56	5	4	9	−22	48
Stephane Robidas	52	1	6	7	8	34
Korbinian Holzer‡	34	0	6	6	3	25
Eric Brewer†	18	2	3	5	−4	12
Trevor Smith	54	2	3	5	−9	12
Brandon Kozun	20	2	2	4	−3	6
Joakim Lindstrom†	19	1	3	4	−7	4
Stuart Percy	9	0	3	3	−4	2
Sam Carrick	16	1	1	2	1	9
Andrew MacWilliam	12	0	2	2	−6	12
Tim Erixon†	15	1	0	1	−5	6
Josh Leivo	9	1	0	1	−1	4
Casey Bailey	6	1	0	1	1	2
T. J. Brennan	6	0	1	1	−7	9
Zach Sill†	21	0	1	1	−2	24
Olli Jokinen†‡	6	0	1	1	1	2
Colton Orr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Bodie	5	0	0	0	0	5
Matt Frattin	9	0	0	0	0	4
Greg McKegg	3	0	0	0	0	0
Petter Granberg	7	0	0	0	1	6
Carter Ashton‡	7	0	0	0	−3	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonathan Bernier	58	55	3177	21	28	7	152	2.87	1735	.912	2	0	1	0
James Reimer	35	27	1767	9	16	1	93	3.16	1001	.907	0	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Maple Leafs. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
P. Kessel	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
B. Kozun	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 8, 2014
S. Percy	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 8, 2014
T. Bozak	300th Career NHL Game	October 14, 2014
S. Carrick	1st Career NHL Game	November 1, 2014
D. Winnik	500th Career NHL Game	November 1, 2014
J. van Riemsdyk	100th Career NHL Goal	November 1, 2014
J. van Riemsdyk	100th Career NHL Assist 200th Career NHL Point	November 4, 2014
P. Kessel	600th Career NHL Game	November 8, 2014
D. Clarkson	500th Career NHL Game	November 8, 2014
S. Robidas	900th Career NHL Game	November 12, 2014
D. Phaneuf	700th Career NHL Game	November 20, 2014
T. Bozak	200th Career NHL Point	November 20, 2014
N. Kadri	200th Career NHL Game	December 2, 2014
M. Santorelli	100th Career NHL Point	December 2, 2014
R. Panik	100th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2014
M. Rielly	100th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2014
P. Holland	100th Career NHL Game	December 20, 2014
S. Robidas	200th Career NHL Assist	December 20, 2014
J. Lupul	400th Career NHL Point	December 28, 2014
J. Gardiner	200th Career NHL Game	December 28, 2014
P. Kessel	500th Career NHL Point	December 31, 2014
M. Santorelli	300th Career NHL Game	January 12, 2015
E. Brewer	1000th Career NHL Game	March 21, 2015
S. Carrick	1st Career NHL Point	March 21, 2015
C. Bailey	1st Career NHL Game	March 26, 2015
S. Carrick	1st Career NHL Goal	March 26, 2015
J. van Riemsdyk	400th Career NHL Game	March 28, 2015
L. Komarov	100th Career NHL Game	March 31, 2015
C. Bailey	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	April 11, 2015
J. Lindstrom	150th Career NHL Game	April 11, 2015
D. Phaneuf	400th Career NHL Point	April 11, 2015

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014	To St. Louis Blues Carl Gunnarsson Calgary's 4th-round pick in 2014 (Ville Husso)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Roman Polak
July 1, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jerry D'Amigo Conditional 7th-round pick in 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Frattin
February 6, 2015	To Tampa Bay Lightning David Broll Carter Ashton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016
February 15, 2015	To Nashville Predators Cody Franson Mike Santorelli	To Toronto Maple Leafs Olli Jokinen Brendan Leipsic 1st-round pick in 2015
February 25, 2015	To Pittsburgh Penguins Daniel Winnik	To Toronto Maple Leafs Zach Sill 4th-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2016
February 26, 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Abbott	To Toronto Maple Leafs T. J. Brennan
February 26, 2015	To Columbus Blue Jackets David Clarkson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Horton
March 2, 2015	To St. Louis Blues Olli Jokinen	To Toronto Maple Leafs Joakim Lindstrom Conditional 6th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015	To Anaheim Ducks Korbinian Holzer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Eric Brewer 5th-round pick in 2016
June 19, 2015	To Florida Panthers Greg McKegg	To Toronto Maple Leafs Zach Hyman Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Stephane Robidas	Anaheim Ducks	3 years, $9 million
July 1, 2014	Leo Komarov	Dynamo Moscow	4 years, $11.8 million
July 3, 2014	Petri Kontiola	Traktor Chelyabinsk	1 year, $1.1 million
July 3, 2014	Mike Santorelli	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $1.5 million
July 22, 2014	David Booth	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $1.1 million
July 28, 2014	Daniel Winnik	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.3 million
September 20, 2014	Cody Donaghey	Quebec Remparts	3 years, entry-level contract
March 20, 2015	Nikita Soshnikov	Atlant Moscow Oblast	3 years, entry-level contract
March 21, 2015	Casey Bailey	Pennsylvania State University	2 years, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	T. J. Brennan	New York Islanders	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2014	Dave Bolland	Florida Panthers	5 years, $27.5 million
July 1, 2014	Mason Raymond	Calgary Flames	3 years, $9.5 million
July 1, 2014	Drew MacIntyre	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000
July 2, 2014	Nikolai Kulemin	New York Islanders	4 years, $16.75 million
July 2, 2014	Jay McClement	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $1 million
July 3, 2014	Tim Gleason	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $1.2 million
July 15, 2014	Paul Ranger	Geneve-Servette HC	2 years

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Richard Panik	Tampa Bay Lightning	October 9, 2014
Tim Erixon	Chicago Blackhawks	March 1, 2015

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 3, 2014	Troy Bodie	1 year, $600,000
July 3, 2014	Antoine Bibeau	3-year, $1.965 million entry-level contract
July 10, 2014	Trevor Smith	1 year, $550,000
July 10, 2014	Rinat Valiev	3-year, $2,427,500 entry-level contract
July 11, 2014	Jamie Devane	2 years, $1.15 million
July 16, 2014	Peter Holland	2 years, $1.55 million
July 16, 2014	Carter Ashton	1 year, $850,500
July 21, 2014	Cody Franson	1 year, $3.3 million
July 25, 2014	James Reimer	2 years, $4.6 million
July 29, 2014	Jake Gardiner	5 years, $20.25 million
August 18, 2014	William Nylander	3-year, entry-level contract
September 9, 2014	Spencer Abbott	1 year
May 25, 2015	Sam Carrick	1 year
June 4, 2015	Andreas Johnsson	3 years, entry-level contract
June 4, 2015	T. J. Brennan	1 year
June 23, 2015	Petter Granberg	1 year
June 23, 2015	Tim Erixon	1 year
June 23, 2015	Zach Hyman	2 years, entry-level contract

Other

Name	Date	Details
Peter Horachek	July 11, 2014	Named as an Assistant Coach
Steve Spott	July 11, 2014	Named as an Assistant Coach
Kyle Dubas	July 22, 2014	Named as an Assistant General Manager

Despite the Leafs usual loyal fan base, there have been several occurrences in the 2014–15 season where fans have thrown Leafs jerseys onto the ice to show disgust for horrid team performance. It has been said that this action is "classless" and "disrespectful" by many, as well as dangerous for players who have the potential to get hurt from skating over top of the jerseys. Fans who take part in this action can be faced with a hefty fine as well as being banned from all Air Canada Centre events for one year.

Draft picks

See also: List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	William Nylander	(C/LW)	Sweden	Modo Hockey (SHL)
3	68	Rinat Valiev	D	Russia	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
4	103[a]	J. J. Piccinich	RW	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
5	128	Dakota Joshua	C	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
6	158	Nolan Vesey	LW	United States	South Shore Kings (USPHL Premier)
7	188	Pierre Engvall	LW	Sweden	Frölunda HC Jr. (SWE)

Draft notes

• The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on November 16, 2013, that sent Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz to Toronto in exchange for Jesse Blacker, Anaheim's seventh round pick in 2014 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Anaheim would receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Holland played in 25 or more games for the Maple Leafs during the 2013–14 season – was converted on January 18, 2014.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade June 30, 2013, that sent Dave Bolland to Toronto in exchange for a second-round pick in 2013, Anaheim's fourth round pick in 2013 and this pick.
• ^a The Arizona Coyotes' fourth round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on January 16, 2013, that sent Matthew Lombardi to Phoenix in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – If Lombardi did not re-sign with Phoenix for the 2013–14 season, then Toronto would receive a fourth-round pick in 2014 – was converted on August 29, 2013.