2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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.[4]

2004–05 Toronto Maple Leafs
DivisionNortheast
ConferenceEastern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson, Jr.[1]
CoachPat Quinn[2]
CaptainMats Sundin[3]
Alternate captainsBryan McCabe
Gary Roberts
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)St. John's Maple Leafs
Pensacola Ice Pilots

Offseason

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Schedule

The Maple Leafs preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[7]

2004–05 schedule[8]
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24@ Montreal Canadiens
2September 25@ Ottawa Senators
3September 28Buffalo Sabres
4October 1@ Detroit Red Wings
5October 2Ottawa Senators
6October 5Montreal Canadiens
7October 8@ Buffalo Sabres
8October 9Detroit Red Wings
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 15@ New Jersey Devils
2October 16Ottawa Senators
3October 19Florida Panthers
4October 21@ Ottawa Senators
5October 23@ Montreal Canadiens
6October 26Los Angeles Kings
7October 29@ Carolina Hurricanes
8October 30New York Rangers
9November 2Tampa Bay Lightning
10November 6Boston Bruins
11November 9@ New York Islanders
12November 11@ New York Rangers
13November 13@ Boston Bruins
14November 15@ Buffalo Sabres
15November 16Dallas Stars
16November 18@ New Jersey Devils
17November 20Philadelphia Flyers
18November 23Washington Capitals
19November 27Buffalo Sabres
20November 30@ Calgary Flames
21December 2@ Edmonton Oilers
22December 4@ Vancouver Canucks
23December 7Boston Bruins
24December 9@ Columbus Blue Jackets
25December 11Montreal Canadiens
26December 13@ Buffalo Sabres
27December 14New York Islanders
28December 16Atlanta Thrashers
29December 18Calgary Flames
30December 21@ Boston Bruins
31December 23@ Carolina Hurricanes
32December 27@ Colorado Avalanche
33December 28@ St. Louis Blues
34December 30@ Nashville Predators
35January 1@ Boston Bruins
36January 4Boston Bruins
37January 6@ Atlanta Thrashers
38January 8New Jersey Devils
39January 10@ Ottawa Senators
40January 11Pittsburgh Penguins
41January 14@ Chicago Blackhawks
42January 15@ Detroit Red Wings
43January 18New York Islanders
44January 20@ Ottawa Senators
45January 22@ Montreal Canadiens
46January 24Carolina Hurricanes
47January 26@ Florida Panthers
48January 27@ Tampa Bay Lightning
49January 29Ottawa Senators
50February 1@ Buffalo Sabres
51February 3Washington Capitals
52February 5Vancouver Canucks
53February 7San Jose Sharks
54February 8@ New York Rangers
55February 10Pittsburgh Penguins
56February 15Carolina Hurricanes
57February 18Buffalo Sabres
58February 19Edmonton Oilers
59February 22Florida Panthers
60February 24New Jersey Devils
61February 26Atlanta Thrashers
62March 1@ Tampa Bay Lightning
63March 2@ Florida Panthers
64March 5Montreal Canadiens
65March 8Philadelphia Flyers
66March 10@ Philadelphia Flyers
67March 12Ottawa Senators
68March 13@ Pittsburgh Penguins
69March 15Anaheim Mighty Ducks
70March 17Minnesota Wild
71March 19New York Rangers
72March 20@ Washington Capitals
73March 22Phoenix Coyotes
74March 25@ Atlanta Thrashers
75March 26@ Philadelphia Flyers
76March 28Tampa Bay Lightning
77March 31@ Montreal Canadiens
78April 2Montreal Canadiens
79April 3@ Pittsburgh Penguins
80April 5@ New York Islanders
81April 8@ Washington Capitals
82April 9Buffalo 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.[9]

Trades

The Maple Leafs did not make any trades.

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)David LingColumbus Blue JacketsFree agency[10]
Jason MacDonaldNew York RangersFree agency[11]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamVia[lower-alpha 1]Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)Ron Francis[lower-alpha 2]Contract expiration (III)[12]
Calle Johansson[lower-alpha 3]Contract expiration (III)[12]
Bryan Marchment[lower-alpha 4]Contract expiration (III)[12]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)Mike MinardManitoba Moose (AHL)Free agency (VI)[16]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)Tom FitzgeraldBoston BruinsFree agency (III)[17]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)Robert ReichelHC Litvinov (ELH)Free agency (III)[18]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)Sebastien CentomoCalgary FlamesFree agency (UFA)[19]
September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18)Pierre HedinModo Hockey (SHL)Free agency[lower-alpha 5][22]
September 19, 2004 (2004-09-19)Josh HoldenHPK (Liiga)Free agency (VI)[23]
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)Christian ChartierLas Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)Free agency (UFA)[24]
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)Aaron GaveyStorhamar Dragons (Norway)Free agency (UFA)[25]
December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)Jamie HodsonFresno Falcons (ECHL)Free agency (UFA)[26]
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)Drake BerehowskySkelleftea AIK (Allsvenskan)Free agency (III)[27]
January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)Trevor KiddOrebro HK (SWE-3)Free agency (III)[28]

Signings
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)Ken Klee2-yearRe-signing[29][20]
Darcy Tucker3-yearRe-signing[29][20]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)Ed Belfour3-yearRe-signing[30][20]
Aki Berg1-yearRe-signing[31][20]
Marc Moro2-yearRe-signing[32]
Joe Nieuwendyk1-yearRe-signing[31][20]
Gary Roberts1-yearRe-signing[31][20]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)Nik Antropov1-yearRe-signing[33]
Bryan McCabe2-yearRe-signing[34][20]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)Mikael Tellqvist2-yearRe-signing[35][20]
Clarke Wilm1-yearRe-signing[35][20]
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)Tomas Kaberle2-yearRe-signing[36][20]

Draft picks

The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was the 42nd NHL Entry Draft.

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

Notes
  1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[12]
  2. Francis was inactive during the 2004–05 season and announced his retirement on September 14, 2005.[13]
  3. Johansson retired.[14]
  4. Marchment was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[15]
  5. Hedin had two years remaining on a three-year contract.[20] The Maple Leafs retained his NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[21]

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