Division 7th Atlantic 2014–15 record 30–44–8 Road record 8–27–6 | Conference 15th Eastern Home record 22–17–2 Goals for 211 | |
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. They again played every team in their own division at least four times each, teams in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference three times each, and every team from the Western Conference twice. To complete the 82-game schedule, they played both Ottawa and Detroit five times.
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On March 23, 2015, a 13-year long sellout streak ended. Only 18,336 fans showed up for the evening match vs. the Minnesota Wild. Ticket prices for the game were slashed previously in the day.
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 — General Manager Dave Nonis and Interim Head Coach Peter Horachek were relieved of their duties. Also let go were coaches Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, 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 were fired.
On May 20, 2015, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced Mike Babcock will be the new coach, signing him to an 8-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 GM 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.
Record vs opponents
(* game decided in overtime or shoot-out)
Player statistics
Final stats
†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.
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.