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
Division	Northeast
Conference	Eastern
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Jr.[1]
Coach	Pat Quinn[2]
Captain	Mats Sundin[3]
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	St. John's Maple Leafs Pensacola Ice Pilots
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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.^[5]
• The free agency period began on July 1.^[6]

Schedule

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

2004–05 schedule[8]
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.^[9]

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	[10]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Ron Francis[b]		Contract expiration (III)	[11]
	Calle Johansson[c]		Contract expiration (III)	[11]
	Bryan Marchment[d]		Contract expiration (III)	[11]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Mike Minard	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[15]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Tom Fitzgerald	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[16]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Robert Reichel	HC Litvinov (ELH)	Free agency (III)	[17]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Sebastien Centomo	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[18]
September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18)	Pierre Hedin	Modo Hockey (SHL)	Free agency[e]	[21]
September 19, 2004 (2004-09-19)	Josh Holden	HPK (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	[22]
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)	Christian Chartier	Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[23]
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)	Aaron Gavey	Storhamar Dragons (Norway)	Free agency (UFA)	[24]
December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)	Jamie Hodson	Fresno Falcons (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[25]
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)	Drake Berehowsky	Skelleftea AIK (Allsvenskan)	Free agency (III)	[26]
January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)	Trevor Kidd	Orebro HK (SWE-3)	Free agency (III)	[27]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	Ken Klee	2-year	Re-signing	[28][19]
	Darcy Tucker	3-year	Re-signing	[28][19]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Ed Belfour	3-year	Re-signing	[29][19]
	Aki Berg	1-year	Re-signing	[30][19]
	Marc Moro	2-year	Re-signing	[31]
	Joe Nieuwendyk	1-year	Re-signing	[30][19]
	Gary Roberts	1-year	Re-signing	[30][19]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Nik Antropov	1-year	Re-signing	[32]
	Bryan McCabe	2-year	Re-signing	[33][19]
August 6, 2004 (2004-08-06)	Mikael Tellqvist	2-year	Re-signing	[34][19]
	Clarke Wilm	1-year	Re-signing	[34][19]
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)	Tomas Kaberle	2-year	Re-signing	[35][19]

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.^[5][36]

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.^[37] This was the last season this team played in St. John's before it relocated as the Toronto Marlies.^[38]
• The Maple Leafs' secondary affiliate was the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the ECHL.^[37]

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[11]
2. Francis was inactive during the 2004–05 season and announced his retirement on September 14, 2005.^[12]
3. Johansson retired.^[13]
4. Marchment was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[14]
5. Hedin had two years remaining on a three-year contract.^[19] The Maple Leafs retained his NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[20]

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