2017–18 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2017–18 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
2017–18 record	49–26–7
Home record	29–10–2
Road record	20–16–5
Goals for	277
Goals against	232
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Tyler Bozak Leo Komarov Morgan Rielly
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,187 (102.0%)
Team leaders
Goals	James van Riemsdyk (36)
Assists	Jake Gardiner Mitch Marner (47)
Points	Mitch Marner (69)
Penalties in minutes	Matt Martin (50)
Plus/minus	Auston Matthews (+25)
Wins	Frederik Andersen (38)
Goals against average	Curtis McElhinney (2.15)
<2016–17 2018–19>

The 2017–18 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 101st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. The Maple Leafs set a new franchise record in wins when they earned their 46th win of the season on March 28, 2018, and as well set a new franchise record for wins at home. The following day, the Leafs officially clinched a playoff spot for a second consecutive season. Their season ended in the first round of the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins in seven games.

Record vs opponents

Eastern Conference										Western Conference
Atlantic Division					Metropolitan Division					Central Division			Pacific Division
Team	Home		Road		Team	Home		Road		Team	Home	Road	Team	Home	Road
Boston	3–2	4–3	4–1	1–4	Carolina	3–6	8–1	5–4		Chicago	4–3	3–2	Anaheim	7–4	3–1
Buffalo	2–3	5–2	3–5	5–2	Columbus	2–3	6–3	2–4		Colorado	2–4	3–4	Arizona	1–4	7–4
Detroit	6–3	4–3	1–3	3–2	New Jersey	3–6	1–0	1–2		Dallas	6–5	4–1	Calgary	2–1	4–1
Florida	1–0	4–3	1–2	2–3	N.Y. Islanders	5–0	4–3	5–4		Minnesota	4–2	0–2	Edmonton	1–0	6–4
Montreal	4–0	4–2	4–3	6–0	N.Y. Rangers	8–5		3–2	4–0	Nashville	3–2	5–2	Los Angeles	3–2	3–5
Ottawa	3–4	6–3	3–6	4–3	Philadelphia	2–4		2–4	2–3	St. Louis	1–2	4–6	San Jose	3–2	2–3
Tampa Bay	0–2	4–3	3–4	3–4	Pittsburgh	5–2		4–3	3–5	Winnipeg	1–3	7–2	Vancouver	3–2	1–2
					Washington	2–4		2–0	2–5				Vegas	4–3	3–6
Records	11–3–0		6–5–3			7–4–1		6–5–1			4–2–1	4–2–1		7–1–0	4–4–0
Division	17–8–3					13–9–2					8–4–2			11–5–0
Conference	30–17–5 (Home: 18–7–1; Road: 12–10–4)										19–9–2 (Home: 11–3–1; Road: 8–6–1)
Overall	49–26–7 (Home: 29–10–2; Road: 20–16–5)

Notes

^OT Game decided in overtime

^SO Game decided in a shootout

Schedule and results

Preseason

2017 preseason: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 @ Ottawa Senators 2–6 McElhinney Canadian Tire Centre 14,931 0–1–0 Recap 2 September 19 Ottawa Senators 2–5 Kaskisuo Air Canada Centre 18,847 0–2–0 Recap 3 September 22 Buffalo Sabres 3–0 — Ricoh Coliseum — 1–2–0 Recap 4 September 23 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–1 Kaskisuo KeyBank Center 17,345 2–2–0 Recap 5 September 25 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 Andersen Ricoh Coliseum — 3–2–0 Recap 6 September 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 McElhinney Videotron Centre — 4–2–0 Recap 7 September 29 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Andersen Little Caesars Arena 17,746 5–2–0 Recap 8 September 30 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 SO McElhinney Ricoh Coliseum — 5–2–1 Recap

Regular season

2017–18 game log: 49–26–7, 105 points (Home: 29–10–2; Road: 20–16–5)
October: 7–5–0, 14 points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 4 @ Winnipeg Jets 7–2 Andersen (1–0–0) Bell MTS Place 15,321 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 7 New York Rangers 8–5 Andersen (2–0–0) Air Canada Centre 19,621 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 9 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 OT Andersen (3–0–0) Air Canada Centre 19,456 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 11 New Jersey Devils 3–6 Andersen (3–1–0) Air Canada Centre 19,103 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 OT Andersen (4–1–0) Bell Centre 21,302 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 17 @ Washington Capitals 2–0 Andersen (5–1–0) Capital One Arena 18,506 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 18 Detroit Red Wings 6–3 McElhinney (1–0–0) Air Canada Centre 19,158 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 21 @ Ottawa Senators 3–6 Andersen (5–2–0) Canadian Tire Centre 17,455 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Andersen (6–2–0) Air Canada Centre 19,235 7–2–0 14 Recap 10 October 26 Carolina Hurricanes 3–6 Andersen (6–3–0) Air Canada Centre 19,070 7–3–0 14 Recap 11 October 28 Philadelphia Flyers 2–4 Andersen (6–4–0) Air Canada Centre 19,317 7–4–0 14 Recap 12 October 30 @ San Jose Sharks 2–3 Andersen (6–5–0) SAP Center 17,562 7–5–0 14 Recap
November: 10–4–1, 21 points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 6–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 1 @ Anaheim Ducks 3–1 Andersen (7–5–0) Honda Center 15,628 8–5–0 16 Recap 14 November 2 @ Los Angeles Kings 3–5 McElhinney (1–1–0) Staples Center 18,230 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 4 @ St. Louis Blues 4–6 Andersen (7–6–0) Scottrade Center 19,046 8–7–0 16 Recap 16 November 6 Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 SO Andersen (8–6–0) Air Canada Centre 19,398 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 8 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Andersen (9–6–0) Air Canada Centre 19,049 10–7–0 20 Recap 18 November 10 Boston Bruins 3–2 OT Andersen (10–6–0) Air Canada Centre 19,381 11–7–0 22 Recap 19 November 11 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 McElhinney (2–1–0) TD Garden 17,565 12–7–0 24 Recap 20 November 16 New Jersey Devils 1–0 OT Andersen (11–6–0) Air Canada Centre 19,202 13–7–0 26 Recap 21 November 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–0 Andersen (12–6–0) Bell Centre 21,302 14–7–0 28 Recap 22 November 20 Arizona Coyotes 1–4 Andersen (12–7–0) Air Canada Centre 19,196 14–8–0 28 Recap 23 November 22 @ Florida Panthers 1–2 SO Andersen (12–7–1) BB&T Center 15,256 14–8–1 29 Recap 24 November 24 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–4 Andersen (13–7–1) PNC Arena 15,241 15–8–1 31 Recap 25 November 25 Washington Capitals 2–4 McElhinney (2–2–0) Air Canada Centre 19,404 15–9–1 31 Recap 26 November 28 @ Calgary Flames 4–1 Andersen (14–7–1) Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 16–9–1 33 Recap 27 November 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 6–4 Andersen (15–7–1) Rogers Place 18,347 17–9–1 35 Recap
December: 6–6–1, 13 points (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 3–6–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 28 December 2 @ Vancouver Canucks 1–2 Andersen (15–8–1) Rogers Arena 18,865 17–10–1 35 Recap 29 December 6 Calgary Flames 2–1 SO Andersen (16–8–1) Air Canada Centre 19,217 18–10–1 37 Recap 30 December 9 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 Andersen (17–8–1) PPG Paints Arena 18,658 19–10–1 39 Recap 31 December 10 Edmonton Oilers 1–0 McElhinney (3–2–0) Air Canada Centre 19,486 20–10–1 41 Recap 32 December 12 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–4 Andersen (17–9–1) Wells Fargo Center 19,077 20–11–1 41 Recap 33 December 14 @ Minnesota Wild 0–2 Andersen (17–10–1) Xcel Energy Center 18,857 20–12–1 41 Recap 34 December 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–3 McElhinney (3–3–0) Little Caesars Arena 19,515 20–13–1 41 Recap 35 December 19 Carolina Hurricanes 8–1 Andersen (18–10–1) Air Canada Centre 19,288 21–13–1 43 Recap 36 December 20 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 2–4 McElhinney (3–4–0) Nationwide Arena 17,708 21–14–1 43 Recap 37 December 23 @ New York Rangers 3–2 Andersen (19–10–1) Madison Square Garden 18,006 22–14–1 45 Recap 38 December 28 @ Arizona Coyotes 7–4 Andersen (20–10–1) Gila River Arena 17,125 23–14–1 47 Recap 39 December 29 @ Colorado Avalanche 3–4 OT Pickard (0–0–1) Pepsi Center 18,013 23–14–2 48 Recap 40 December 31 @ Vegas Golden Knights 3–6 Andersen (20–11–1) T-Mobile Arena 18,118 23–15–2 48 Recap
January: 6–3–3, 15 points (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 3–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–2 Andersen (20–12–1) Air Canada Centre 19,344 23–16–2 48 Recap 42 January 4 San Jose Sharks 3–2 SO Andersen (21–12–1) Air Canada Centre 19,132 24–16–2 50 Recap 43 January 6 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 SO Andersen (22–12–1) Air Canada Centre 19,361 25–16–2 52 Recap 44 January 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 OT Andersen (22–12–2) Air Canada Centre 18,933 25–16–3 53 Recap 45 January 10 Ottawa Senators 3–4 Andersen (22–13–2) Air Canada Centre 19,117 25–17–3 53 Recap 46 January 16 St. Louis Blues 1–2 OT Andersen (22–13–3) Air Canada Centre 18,951 25–17–4 54 Recap 47 January 18 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 OT Andersen (22–13–4) Wells Fargo Center 19,860 25–17–5 55 Recap 48 January 20 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3 Andersen (23–13–4) Canadian Tire Centre 17,768 26–17–5 57 Recap 49 January 22 Colorado Avalanche 2–4 Andersen (23–14–4) Air Canada Centre 18,979 26–18–5 57 Recap 50 January 24 @ Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 OT Andersen (24–14–4) United Center 21,563 27–18–5 59 Recap 51 January 25 @ Dallas Stars 4–1 McElhinney (4–4–0) American Airlines Center 18,225 28–18–5 61 Recap 52 January 31 New York Islanders 5–0 Andersen (25–14–4) Air Canada Centre 19,267 29–18–5 63 Recap
February: 10–2–2, 22 points (Home: 8–0–0; Road: 2–2–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 53 February 1 @ New York Rangers 4–0 McElhinney (5–4–0) Madison Square Garden 18,006 30–18–5 65 Recap 54 February 3 @ Boston Bruins 1–4 Andersen (25–15–4) TD Garden 17,565 30–19–5 65 Recap 55 February 5 Anaheim Ducks 7–4 McElhinney (6–4–0) Air Canada Centre 19,055 31–19–5 67 Recap 56 February 7 Nashville Predators 3–2 SO Andersen (26–15–4) Air Canada Centre 18,878 32–19–5 69 Recap 57 February 10 Ottawa Senators 6–3 Andersen (27–15–4) Air Canada Centre 19,477 33–19–5 71 Recap 58 February 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 Andersen (28–15–4) Air Canada Centre 19,112 34–19–5 73 Recap 59 February 14 Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 Andersen (29–15–4) Air Canada Centre 18,890 35–19–5 75 Recap 60 February 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Andersen (29–16–4) PPG Paints Arena 18,647 35–20–5 75 Recap 61 February 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 McElhinney (7–4–0) Little Caesars Arena 19,515 36–20–5 77 Recap 62 February 20 Florida Panthers 1–0 Andersen (30–16–4) Air Canada Centre 18,961 37–20–5 79 Recap 63 February 22 New York Islanders 4–3 SO Andersen (31–16–4) Air Canada Centre 18,856 38–20–5 81 Recap 64 February 24 Boston Bruins 4–3 Andersen (32–16–4) Air Canada Centre 19,370 39–20–5 83 Recap 65 February 26 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–4 SO Andersen (32–16–5) Amalie Arena 19,092 39–20–6 84 Recap 66 February 27 @ Florida Panthers 2–3 OT McElhinney (7–4–1) BB&T Center 14,265 39–20–7 85 Recap
March: 8–5–0, 16 points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 67 March 3 @ Washington Capitals 2–5 Andersen (32–17–5) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 29,516 (outdoors) 39–21–7 85 Recap 68 March 5 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–5 Andersen (32–18–5) KeyBank Center 18,705 39–22–7 85 Recap 69 March 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Andersen (33–18–5) Air Canada Centre 19,504 40–22–7 87 Recap 70 March 14 Dallas Stars 6–5 SO McElhinney (8–4–1) Air Canada Centre 18,918 41–22–7 89 Recap 71 March 15 @ Buffalo Sabres 5–2 McElhinney (9–4–1) KeyBank Center 19,070 42–22–7 91 Recap 72 March 17 Montreal Canadiens 4–0 McElhinney (10–4–1) Air Canada Centre 19,364 43–22–7 93 Recap 73 March 20 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–4 Andersen (33–19–5) Amalie Arena 19,092 43–23–7 93 Recap 74 March 22 @ Nashville Predators 5–2 Andersen (34–19–5) Bridgestone Arena 17,550 44–23–7 95 Recap 75 March 24 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 Andersen (35–19–5) Air Canada Centre 19,154 45–23–7 97 Recap 76 March 26 Buffalo Sabres 2–3 Andersen (35–20–5) Air Canada Centre 19,108 45–24–7 97 Recap 77 March 28 Florida Panthers 4–3 Andersen (36–20–5) Air Canada Centre 18,893 46–24–7 99 Recap 78 March 30 @ New York Islanders 5–4 Andersen (37–20–5) Barclays Center 13,018 47–24–7 101 Recap 79 March 31 Winnipeg Jets 1–3 McElhinney (10–5–1) Air Canada Centre 19,101 47–25–7 101 Recap
April: 2–1–0, 4 points (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–1–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 80 April 2 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 McElhinney (11–5–1) Air Canada Centre 18,846 48–25–7 103 Recap 81 April 5 @ New Jersey Devils 1–2 Andersen (37–21–5) Prudential Center 16,514 48–26–7 103 Recap 82 April 7 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Andersen (38–21–5) Air Canada Centre 19,525 49–26–7 105 Recap
2017–18 schedule       Win (2 Points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Overtime statistics

	Games	Won	Lost	Game-winning goal scorers
Overtime	10	5	5	Matthews (2), Marleau, Nylander (2)
Shootout	9	7	2	Marner, Nylander, Bozak (4), van Riemsdyk
Total	19	12	7

Playoffs

Main article: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston wins series 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 @ Boston Bruins 1–5 Andersen (0–1) TD Garden 17,565 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 @ Boston Bruins 3–7 McElhinney (0–1) TD Garden 17,565 0–2 Recap 3 April 16 Boston Bruins 4–2 Andersen (1–1) Air Canada Centre 19,663 1–2 Recap 4 April 19 Boston Bruins 1–3 Andersen (1–2) Air Canada Centre 19,689 1–3 Recap 5 April 21 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 Andersen (2–2) TD Garden 17,565 2–3 Recap 6 April 23 Boston Bruins 3–1 Andersen (3–2) Air Canada Centre 19,604 3–3 Recap 7 April 25 @ Boston Bruins 4–7 Andersen (3–3) TD Garden 17,565 3–4 Recap
Win       Loss       If necessary

Player statistics

Updated to game played April 25, 2018.

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mitch Marner	82	22	47	69	−1	26
Auston Matthews	62	34	29	63	25	12
William Nylander	82	20	41	61	20	10
Nazem Kadri	80	32	23	55	2	42
James van Riemsdyk	81	36	18	54	1	30
Morgan Rielly	76	6	46	52	−4	14
Jake Gardiner	82	5	47	52	9	32
Patrick Marleau	82	27	20	47	1	16
Tyler Bozak	81	11	32	43	6	28
Zach Hyman	82	15	25	40	22	37
Connor Brown	82	14	14	28	0	18
Ron Hainsey	80	4	19	23	12	20
Leo Komarov	74	7	12	19	0	31
Nikita Zaitsev	60	5	8	13	8	31
Travis Dermott	37	1	12	13	16	8
Dominic Moore	50	6	6	12	3	16
Connor Carrick	47	4	8	12	5	27
Matt Martin	50	3	9	12	0	50
Roman Polak	54	2	10	12	5	46
Andreas Borgman(a)	48	3	8	11	4	28
Kasperi Kapanen	38	7	2	9	−1	4
Josh Leivo	16	1	3	4	0	6
Andreas Johnsson	9	2	1	3	−2	0
Justin Holl(a)	2	2	0	2	5	0
Tomas Plekanec	17	0	2	2	−2	6
Frederik Gauthier(a)	9	1	0	1	−4	0
Calle Rosen(a)	4	0	1	1	−3	4
Eric Fehr(b)	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Nikita Soshnikov(b)	3	0	0	0	−2	0
Martin Marincin(a)	2	0	0	0	−2	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mitch Marner	7	2	7	9	2	4
Patrick Marleau	7	4	1	5	0	4
Morgan Rielly	7	0	5	5	−2	4
James van Riemsdyk	7	3	1	4	−4	4
Tomas Plekanec	7	2	2	4	1	2
Tyler Bozak	7	2	2	4	−1	6
Zach Hyman	7	1	3	4	−3	4
William Nylander	7	1	3	4	−3	0
Connor Brown	7	1	2	3	0	0
Auston Matthews	7	1	1	2	−4	0
Andreas Johnsson	6	1	1	2	2	2
Jake Gardiner	7	0	2	2	−6	2
Nikita Zaitsev	7	0	2	2	−3	2
Nazem Kadri	4	0	2	2	0	19
Kasperi Kapanen	7	1	0	1	−3	0
Travis Dermott	7	1	0	1	−2	2
Ron Hainsey	7	0	1	1	0	4
Roman Polak	7	0	1	1	3	4
Dominic Moore	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Leo Komarov	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Frederik Andersen	66	66	3,889:00	38	21	5	182	2.81	2,211	.918	5	0	1	2
Curtis McElhinney	18	15	980:00	11	5	1	35	2.15	528	.934	3	0	1	0
Calvin Pickard(a)	1	1	62:35	0	0	1	4	3.83	28	.857	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Frederik Andersen	7	7	368:00	3	3	23	3.76	221	.896	0	0	0	0
Curtis McElhinney	1	0	48:00	0	1	4	5.11	23	.826	0	0	0	0

^(a) Player currently playing for the minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies of the AHL
^(b) Player is no longer with the Leafs organization

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Auston Matthews	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 16, 2017
Frederik Andersen	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 20, 2017
Frederik Andersen	NHL Second Star of the Month	December 1, 2017
Curtis McElhinney	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 19, 2018

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)	To Vegas Golden Knights Tobias Lindberg 6th-round pick in 2018	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calvin Pickard
February 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)	To St. Louis Blues Nikita Soshnikov	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th-round pick in 2019
February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)	To San Jose Sharks Eric Fehr	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th-round pick in 2020
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)	To Montreal Canadiens Kerby Rychel Rinat Valiev 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kyle Baun Tomas Plekanec
June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)	To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Nolan Vesey	To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional 7th-round pick in 2020

Notes:

1. ^{Note 1} Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Ron Hainsey	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year, $6 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Dominic Moore	Boston Bruins	1-year, $1 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Chris Mueller	Arizona Coyotes	2-year, $1.3 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Vincent LoVerde	Los Angeles Kings	2-year, $1.45 million
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Patrick Marleau	San Jose Sharks	3-year, $18.75 million
March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17)	Mason Marchment	Toronto Marlies	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)	Par Lindholm	Skellefteå AIK	1-year, entry-level contract
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)	Igor Ozhiganov	CSKA Moscow	1-year, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Antoine Bibeau	San Jose Sharks	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Boyle	New Jersey Devils	2-year, $5.1 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Andrew Campbell	Arizona Coyotes	2-year, $300,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Seth Griffith	Buffalo Sabres	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Matt Hunwick	Pittsburgh Penguins	3-year, $6.75 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Sergey Kalinin	SKA Saint Petersburg	3-year
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Steven Oleksy	Anaheim Ducks	2-year, $300,000
August 15, 2017 (2017-08-15)	Alexey Marchenko	CSKA Moscow	3-year
October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)	Brooks Laich	Los Angeles Kings	1-year, $650,000
June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)	Ben Smith	Adler Mannheim	3-year
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)	Colin Greening	Toronto Marlies	1-year

Lost via expansion draft

Player	New team	Date picked in expansion draft	Ref
Brendan Leipsic	Vegas Golden Knights	June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	Adam Brooks	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)	Curtis McElhinney	2-year, $1.7 million
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)	Garret Sparks	2-year, $1.35 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Colin Greening	1-year, $750,000
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Justin Holl	1-year, $650,000
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Zach Hyman	4-year, $9 million
July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12)	Timothy Liljegren	3-year, $3.975 million entry-level contract
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	Connor Brown	3-year, $6.3 million
October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)	Roman Polak	1-year, $1.1 million
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)	Josh Leivo	1-year, $925,000 contract extension
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)	Pierre Engvall	2-year, entry-level contract
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)	Jesper Lindgren	3-year, entry-level contract
May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)	Kasimir Kaskisuo	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension
June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)	Connor Carrick	1-year, $1.3 million contract extension
June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)	Calvin Pickard	1-year, $800,000 contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks

Below are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Leafs held on to five of their own seven picks, having traded away their second round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Brian Boyle, and losing their third round pick as compensation for signing head coach Mike Babcock. They also acquired an additional two picks through various trades.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	17	Timothy Liljegren	D	Sweden	Rögle BK (SHL)
2	591	Eemeli Rasanen	D	Finland	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	110	Ian Scott	G	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	1242	Vladislav Kara	C	Russia	Irbis Kazan (MHL)
5	141	Fedor Gordeev	D	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6	172	Ryan McGregor	C	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7	203	Ryan O'Connell	D	Canada	St. Andrew's College (CISAA)

Draft notes:

1. The Ottawa Senators' second-round pick went the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 9, 2016, that sent Dion Phaneuf, Matt Frattin, Casey Bailey, Ryan Rupert and Cody Donaghey to Ottawa in exchange for Milan Michalek, Jared Cowen, Colin Greening, Tobias Lindberg and this pick.
2. The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on March 1, 2017, that sent Frank Corrado to Pittsburgh in exchange for Eric Fehr, Steven Oleksy and this pick.