2007-08 Toronto Maple Leafs season

 

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2007-08 Toronto Maple Leafs · NHL
Division	TBD Northeast
Conference	TBD Eastern
2007-08 record	2-2-1
Home record	2-2-1
Road record	0-1-1
Goals for	26
Goals against	29
General Manager	John Ferguson Jr.
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Tomas Kaberle Bryan McCabe
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,373
Team leaders
Goals	2-way tie (3)
Assists	Mats Sundin (6)
Points	Mats Sundin (8)
Penalties in minutes	Andy Wozniewski (14)
Wins	2-way tie (1)
Goals against average	Andrew Raycroft (2.46)

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.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-23
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Regular season

On October 8, 2007, newly-acquired winger Jason Blake announced that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, a treatable form of cancer. He plans to continue playing during treatment.

Season standings

Northeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Ottawa Senators	9	8	1	0	30	18	16
Boston Bruins	7	5	2	0	20	15	10
Montreal Canadiens	7	3	2	2	18	19	8
Toronto Maple Leafs	9	3	4	2	33	37	8
Buffalo Sabres	7	3	4	0	26	21	6

Game log

October

Record: 3-3-2; Home: 3-2-1; Road: 0-1-1

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		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		3-3-2	8
9	October 20	Chicago		Toronto
10	October 23	Atlanta		Toronto
11	October 25	Toronto		Pittsburgh
12	October 27	Toronto		N.Y. Rangers
13	October 29	Washington		Toronto

November

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	2 November	Toronto		New Jersey
15	3 November	Toronto		Montreal
16	6 November	Toronto		Ottawa
17	9 November	Toronto		Buffalo
18	10 November	N.Y. Rangers		Toronto
19	13 November	Montreal		Toronto
20	15 November	Toronto		Boston
21	17 November	Ottawa		Toronto
22	20 November	Boston		Toronto
23	23 November	Toronto		Dallas
24	24 November	Toronto		Phoenix
25	27 November	Montreal		Toronto
26	29 November	Toronto		Atlanta

December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	1 December	Pittsburgh		Toronto
28	4 December	Nashville		Toronto
29	6 December	Toronto		N.Y. Rangers
30	8 December	Boston		Toronto
31	10 December	Tampa Bay		Toronto
32	14 December	Toronto		Atlanta
33	15 December	Toronto		Montreal
34	18 December	Toronto		Carolina
35	20 December	Toronto		Tampa Bay
36	22 December	Toronto		Florida
37	26 December	Toronto		N.Y. Islanders
38	27 December	Toronto		Flyers
39	29 December	N.Y. Rangers		Toronto

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

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Decision

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Record

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February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

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March

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April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

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Playoffs

The Toronto Maple Leafs hope to make the playoffs for the first time since 2004. The club missed the post-season by a single point in the 2006-2007 NHL season.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mats Sundin		5	2	6	8	10
Matt Stajan		5	3	3	6	0
Nik Antropov		5	3	2	5	8
Alex Steen		5	1	3	4	6
Bryan McCabe		5	1	2	3	6
Andy Wozniewski		5	1	2	3	14
Hal Gill		5	0	3	3	2
Alexei Ponikarovsky		4	2	0	2	2
Ian White		5	2	0	2	6
Jason Blake		5	0	2	2	11

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season										Playoffs
Player		GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Andrew Raycroft		2	123	1	0	1	5	0	.918	2.46
Vesa Toskala		3	182	1	2	0	13	0	.865	4.29

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

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

Free Agents

Player Former team Contract Terms Jason Blake New York Islanders 5 year, $20 million Scott Clemmensen New Jersey Devils 1 year, $500,000

Player New team Yanic Perreault Chicago Blackhawks

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[1]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3	74	Dale Mitchell	RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	99	Matt Frattin	RW	Canada	Fort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)
4	104	Ben Winnett	LW	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
5	134	Juraj Mikus	D	Slovakia	Trencin (Slovakia)
6	164	Christopher Didomenico	C	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QJHML)
7	194	Carl Gunnarsson	D	Sweden	Linköpings HC (SEL)

Roster

Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 Andrew Raycroft  35 Vesa Toskala  Injured Reserve 8 Carlo Colaiacovo  42 Kyle Wellwood		Defensemen 3 Wade Belak  7 Ian White  15 Tomas Kaberle  - A 24 Bryan McCabe  - A 25 Hal Gill  31 Pavel Kubina  56 Andy Wozniewski		Wingers 9 Mark Bell  10 Alexander Steen  16 Darcy Tucker  22 Boyd Devereaux  23 Alexei Ponikarovsky  33 Bates Battaglia  54 Kris Newbury  55 Jason Blake		Centers 13 Mats Sundin  - C 14 Matt Stajan  18 Chad Kilger  21 John Pohl  39 Simon Gamache  80 Nik Antropov  GM: John Ferguson Jr. Coach: Paul Maurice

See also

• 2007-08 NHL season

References

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