2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season

2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	Northeast
Conference	Eastern
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	St. John's Maple Leafs Pensacola Ice Pilots
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 88th season of the franchise, 78th season as the Maple Leafs. The entire season's games were cancelled as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Offseason

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2004 NHL entry draft took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 26, 2004.
The free agency period began on July 1.

Schedule

The Maple Leafs preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.

2004–05 schedule

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent
1	September 24	@ Montreal Canadiens
2	September 25	@ Ottawa Senators
3	September 28	Buffalo Sabres
4	October 1	@ Detroit Red Wings
5	October 2	Ottawa Senators
6	October 5	Montreal Canadiens
7	October 8	@ Buffalo Sabres
8	October 9	Detroit Red Wings

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent
1	October 15	@ New Jersey Devils
2	October 16	Ottawa Senators
3	October 19	Florida Panthers
4	October 21	@ Ottawa Senators
5	October 23	@ Montreal Canadiens
6	October 26	Los Angeles Kings
7	October 29	@ Carolina Hurricanes
8	October 30	New York Rangers
9	November 2	Tampa Bay Lightning
10	November 6	Boston Bruins
11	November 9	@ New York Islanders
12	November 11	@ New York Rangers
13	November 13	@ Boston Bruins
14	November 15	@ Buffalo Sabres
15	November 16	Dallas Stars
16	November 18	@ New Jersey Devils
17	November 20	Philadelphia Flyers
18	November 23	Washington Capitals
19	November 27	Buffalo Sabres
20	November 30	@ Calgary Flames
21	December 2	@ Edmonton Oilers
22	December 4	@ Vancouver Canucks
23	December 7	Boston Bruins
24	December 9	@ Columbus Blue Jackets
25	December 11	Montreal Canadiens
26	December 13	@ Buffalo Sabres
27	December 14	New York Islanders
28	December 16	Atlanta Thrashers
29	December 18	Calgary Flames
30	December 21	@ Boston Bruins
31	December 23	@ Carolina Hurricanes
32	December 27	@ Colorado Avalanche
33	December 28	@ St. Louis Blues
34	December 30	@ Nashville Predators
35	January 1	@ Boston Bruins
36	January 4	Boston Bruins
37	January 6	@ Atlanta Thrashers
38	January 8	New Jersey Devils
39	January 10	@ Ottawa Senators
40	January 11	Pittsburgh Penguins
41	January 14	@ Chicago Blackhawks
42	January 15	@ Detroit Red Wings
43	January 18	New York Islanders
44	January 20	@ Ottawa Senators
45	January 22	@ Montreal Canadiens
46	January 24	Carolina Hurricanes
47	January 26	@ Florida Panthers
48	January 27	@ Tampa Bay Lightning
49	January 29	Ottawa Senators
50	February 1	@ Buffalo Sabres
51	February 3	Washington Capitals
52	February 5	Vancouver Canucks
53	February 7	San Jose Sharks
54	February 8	@ New York Rangers
55	February 10	Pittsburgh Penguins
56	February 15	Carolina Hurricanes
57	February 18	Buffalo Sabres
58	February 19	Edmonton Oilers
59	February 22	Florida Panthers
60	February 24	New Jersey Devils
61	February 26	Atlanta Thrashers
62	March 1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning
63	March 2	@ Florida Panthers
64	March 5	Montreal Canadiens
65	March 8	Philadelphia Flyers
66	March 10	@ Philadelphia Flyers
67	March 12	Ottawa Senators
68	March 13	@ Pittsburgh Penguins
69	March 15	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
70	March 17	Minnesota Wild
71	March 19	New York Rangers
72	March 20	@ Washington Capitals
73	March 22	Phoenix Coyotes
74	March 25	@ Atlanta Thrashers
75	March 26	@ Philadelphia Flyers
76	March 28	Tampa Bay Lightning
77	March 31	@ Montreal Canadiens
78	April 2	Montreal Canadiens
79	April 3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins
80	April 5	@ New York Islanders
81	April 8	@ Washington Capitals
82	April 9	Buffalo Sabres

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.

Trades

The Maple Leafs did not make any trades.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Jason MacDonald	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Ron Francis		Contract expiration (III)
	Calle Johansson		Contract expiration (III)
	Bryan Marchment		Contract expiration (III)
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Mike Minard	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	Free agency (VI)
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Tom Fitzgerald	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Robert Reichel	HC Litvinov (ELH)	Free agency (III)
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Sebastien Centomo	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)
September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18)	Pierre Hedin	Modo Hockey (SHL)	Free agency
September 19, 2004 (2004-09-19)	Josh Holden	HPK (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)	Christian Chartier	Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)	Aaron Gavey	Storhamar Dragons (Norway)	Free agency (UFA)
December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)	Jamie Hodson	Fresno Falcons (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)	Drake Berehowsky	Skelleftea AIK (Allsvenskan)	Free agency (III)
January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)	Trevor Kidd	Orebro HK (SWE-3)	Free agency (III)

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	Ken Klee	2-year	Re-signing
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	Darcy Tucker	3-year	Re-signing
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Ed Belfour	3-year	Re-signing
	Aki Berg	1-year	Re-signing
	Marc Moro	2-year	Re-signing
	Joe Nieuwendyk	1-year	Re-signing
	Gary Roberts	1-year	Re-signing
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Nik Antropov	1-year	Re-signing
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Bryan McCabe	2-year	Re-signing
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Mikael Tellqvist	2-year	Re-signing
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Clarke Wilm	1-year	Re-signing
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)	Tomas Kaberle	2-year	Re-signing

Draft picks

The 2004 NHL entry draft was the 42nd NHL entry draft.

Toronto's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	90	Justin Pogge	Goaltender	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4	113	Roman Kukumberg	Right Wing	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin (Extraliga)
5	157	Dmitry Vorobyov	Defenceman	Russia	Lada Togliatti (RSL)
6	187	Robbie Earl	Left Wing	United States	University of Wisconsin (Big Ten)
7	220	Maxim Semenov	Defenceman	Russia	Lada Togliatti (RSL)
8	252	Jan Steber	Centre	Czech Republic	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
9	285	Pierce Norton	Right Wing	United States	Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)

Farm teams

The Maple Leafs' top affiliate was the St. John's Maple Leafs in the American Hockey League. This was the last season this team played in St. John's before it relocated as the Toronto Marlies.
The Maple Leafs' secondary affiliate was the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the ECHL.

Notes

In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.
Francis was inactive during the 2004–05 season and announced his retirement on September 14, 2005.
Johansson retired.
Marchment was inactive during the 2004–05 season.
Hedin had two years remaining on a three-year contract. The Maple Leafs retained his NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.

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