2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season began October 4, 2007. It is the 91st season of the franchise, 81st season as the Maple Leafs.
In an effort to return to the playoffs in 2007–08, the Leafs made two significant moves during the off-season. The first was to acquire goaltender Vesa Toskala from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for three draft picks. Toronto also signed free agent Jason Blake to a five-year, $20 million contract. Blake reached the 40-goal mark for the first time in 2006–07.
With the Leafs struggling in the Northeast Division, the future of John Ferguson Jr.'s tenure as general manager was widely debated after club president Richard Peddie admitted that hiring Ferguson was "a mistake". According to TSN, the Leafs asked former Toronto general manager Cliff Fletcher to serve as interim general manager early in January. On January 22, it was announced that Ferguson's time with the club had ended, as the board of directors at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment voted to make a change. Fletcher was named interim general manager of the team. The team missed the playoffs for the third year in a row for the first time since the 1925–26 to 1927–28 seasons.
Defenceman Tomas Kaberle was selected to represent the Maple Leafs and the Eastern Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia. He hit all four targets in four shots to become the winner of the accuracy competition.

Regular season

On October 8, 2007, newly acquired winger Jason Blake announced that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, a treatable form of cancer. He continued playing during treatment.
In mid-November 2007, Jiri Tlusty was caught in a scandal when nude photos of him appeared on the Internet. Tlusty apologized for this incident and admitted that he made a mistake.
On March 27, 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from postseason contention for the third straight season following a 4–2 loss to the Boston Bruins.
The Maple Leafs struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing an NHL-high 77 power-play goals.

Schedule and results

Legend:

† Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Player
	74	32	46	78	17	76
	72	26	30	56	10	92
	82	8	45	53	-8	22
	82	15	37	52	-4	28
	76	15	27	42	0	32
	72	11	29	40	5	116
	66	18	17	35	3	36
	74	18	16	34	-8	100
	82	16	17	33	-11	47
	54	5	18	23	-2	81
	59	8	13	21	-12	0
	81	5	16	21	-9	44
^‡	63	2	18	20	0	52
	62	7	11	18	-6	24
	53	10	7	17	1	18
	58	10	6	16	-12	14
^†	38	4	10	14	7	14
	35	4	6	10	-2	60
	50	3	6	9	-10	18
	48	2	7	9	5	54
	28	2	4	6	-4	10
	33	1	4	5	-4	10
	11	2	2	4	-1	6
	18	2	0	2	-3	4
	28	1	1	2	-7	32
^‡	30	1	0	1	-2	66
	9	0	1	1	-2	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	-1	5
	13	0	0	0	-6	7
	18	0	0	0	-2	7

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Maple Leafs. Stats reflect time with Maple Leafs only.

^‡Traded mid-season.

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Records

On October 11, 2007, in an 8–1 victory over the New York Islanders, Mats Sundin scored his 390th goal as a Leaf, and earned his 917th point in a Leaf uniform breaking Darryl Sittler's team record as the all-time points and goals leader.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
3	74	Dale Mitchell	RW		Oshawa Generals
4	99	Matt Frattin	RW		Fort Saskatchewan Traders
4	104	Ben Winnett	LW		Salmon Arm Silverbacks
5	134	Juraj Mikus	D		Dukla Trenčín
6	164	Chris DiDomenico	C		Saint John Sea Dogs
7	194	Carl Gunnarsson	D		Linköpings HC