2024-25 Official Toronto Maple Leafs Yearbook

2024 - 2025 TORONTO

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10LEAFS CAPTAINS ROW On ice leadership

16CRAIG BERUBE

22WILLIAM NYLANDER

Fiery competitor inside chill Swede

28BY THE NUMBERS

30NHL 4 NATION FACE-OFF

Battle for hockey supremacy

34FRONT OFFICE & COACHES

36SIMON BENOIT

39CONNOR DEWAR

43MAX DOMI

46OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON

49JANI HAKANPAA

51PONTUS HOLMBERG

54CALLE JARNKROK

57DAVID KAMPF

60MATTHEW KNIES

67STEVEN LORENTZ

70MITCH MARNER

73AUSTON MATTHEWS

77JAKE McCABE

80BOBBY McMANN

83DAKOTA MERMIS

88PHILIPPE MYERS

90WILLIAM NYLANDER

93MAX PACIORETTY

96RYAN REAVES

99MORGAN RIELLY

102NICHOLAS ROBERTSON

105ANTHONY STOLARZ

109CHRISTOPHER TANEV

112JOHN TAVARES

115CONOR TIMMINS

121TRIVIA

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The Maple Leafs want to be a quickmoving, physical team

MORGAN RIELLY grew up on the West coast and had formative hockey years on the Prairies. And while he was born and raised in Vancouver, Rielly has now spent almost as much time living in Toronto as he has anywhere else.

He is the longest tenured player on the Maple Leafs. A homegrown defenseman who has become an assistant captain and set up roots in the city. Now a family man, and most recently, a first-time father. And as one of the most recognizable faces of the franchise, Rielly doesn’t blink when explaining the expectations the hockey club has coming into this season.

It's a new year and a new era, with a new captain and a new coach. A new on-ice philosophy. Under Craig

Speed will be a priority, up and down the ice. Being first on the puck is a priority.

Berube, the Maple Leafs want to be a quick-moving, physical team. They want to have pressure on pucks, pressure on their opponents, pressure all over the place, really. Speed will be a priority, up and down the ice. Being first on the puck is a priority.

This is the understanding that has spread across the Maple Leafs dressing room. From Rielly to the new faces that are suiting up in blue and white for the first time this year.

“The next step, the next thing that our group needs to accomplish is winning. And that's obviously the main focus,” Rielly said. “And there's been stuff that has happened along the way during that journey. But ultimately,

we want to win together. We want to win in Toronto. And we're constantly competing to try to make that happen. We're trying to make the team better. We're trying to make ourselves better. All to accomplish that goal of being Stanley Cup champions.”

Hard to believe this is Mitch Marner’s ninth year in the organization, and he’ll be the first to tell you that he’s “grown a lot.”

“Came in as a really young child and developed,” Marner explains. “So, I’m obviously more mature, just ready to take on the season. You always just expect the highest expectations of yourself.”

The stars are the stars, of course, and not just Marner and Rielly. There’s Auston Matthews, who is coming off that 69-goal season. John Tavares insists he wants to “push the envelope and challenge myself to play at a very high level.” William Nylander begins his eight-year contract this fall..

But it’s more than the household names performing that will be required for a playoff run into June. Depth matters more than ever in professional hockey, where the margins in a salary cap reality have become remarkably thin.

Roster construction begins in the summer and general manager Brad Treliving was busy, adding Steven Lorentz, Anthony Stolarz and Oliver Ekman-Larson from the Cup champion Panthers, as well as Max Pacioretty and defensive stud Chris Tanev.

“I think we’ve improved our roster. You don't hit grand slams every day.

“We're trying to make the team better. We're trying to make ourselves better. All to accomplish that goal of being Stanley Cup champions.” - Morgan Rielly

Sometimes you’ve just got to keep hitting singles and doubles and picking away at your roster,” said Treliving.

The general manager of the Maple Leafs will tell you that to win, it can’t be just trying to make a bunch of trades for an instant fix. That one free agent signing won’t put them over the top. For Treliving, it’s about looking at what assets you have and seeing where each player can develop their skills from year-to-year. And, it’s necessary to find cap-friendly ways to enhance certain elements of play. That a two or three or four per cent improvement from where an athlete was a year ago can make a significant difference.

“I think we’ve upgraded our defense. I think we've got the ability to upgrade our penalty kill, an area that was a problem for us,” Treliving said. “When I look at our team, it's picking up pieces of what we've got to do. Better on the penalty kill. We've got to get to the playoffs.”

“We feel that we have made several key improvements,” said Brendan Shanahan, the president of the Maple Leafs.

Among them, adding Chris Tanev, a cagey vet, who over the summer signed a six-year deal to come home. Tanev grew up in East York, and nothing has come easy for him. As an undrafted free agent in 2010, he had to grind to initially find a spot on the Vancouver Canucks hockey club and then stay in the NHL. His work has paid off, becoming a reliable defenceman that at last

East York native Chris Tanev was signed to a 6-year deal

year’s trade deadline was among the most soughtafter players. Dallas landed him from Calgary then as a rental, and now at age 34 he has been brought in to stabilize Toronto’s back end.

“When you skate with him, you realize just how good he is. He’s obviously very experienced and been around a long time,” said Matthews of his new teammate. “But I think offensively, I didn't realize how well he can play offensively and transport the puck and

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move. And then obviously just defensively, he's so sound.”

Tanev does the little things, too. The twothree-four per cent things. Gets sticks on pucks, knocks them out of the air. Makes it difficult to pass through him.

He and Matthews quickly were “just trying to push each other in different ways,” as the captain explained it.

Continuing to do that is how you go from a playoff team to a Stanley Cup contender. That, and having reliable goaltending. In their evaluations, the Maple Leafs made the the decision to reward Joseph Woll on Canada Day with a three-year extension.

Woll is only in his mid-20s and his best hockey is in front of him, telling when you consider his goalsagainst last year was 2.94 and had a save percentage of .907. He was terrific in the three playoff games against Boston, averaging less than a goal given up per game.

Rielly and Woll spent time together over the summer. Rielly sees a more confident, focused teammate who wants more playing time and a bigger workload.

“I think if you take the parts of last year where he was playing, there's obviously a lot of (good) signs there,” Rielly said. “He's a big guy that worked extremely hard. He played outstanding for us. And again, he's just a mature young man. He's not a kid. He

had a great off-season.”

How it all translates when the lights come on, and they play for keeps, is the big question. For Woll, for Rielly and the nucleus of stars. For Tanev and the new additions. For the depth players who, the Maple Leafs believe bring internal growth. And for a new coaching staff that will continually implement their systems, the heaviness and speed element into the group dynamic.

The expectations are set. The players aren’t shying away from wanting to be the last team standing.

“We have confidence in our group, in our team, in our coaching staff. We're looking forward to playing,” said Rielly. “But ultimately I think we have plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the season and about our chances at accomplishing our goal. We're going to work every day towards that.”l

Joseph Woll’s best hockey is in front of him

The Toronto Maple Leafs set sail on a new course in 2024-25 with Auston Matthews at the helm as 26th captain in franchise history. His mission is to steer the Maple Leafs to the NHL’s ultimate port – the Stanley Cup.

TORONTO’S ON-ICE LEADERSHIP … FROM RANDALL TO MATTHEWS

BY JOHN IABONI

IT was a classy passing of the torch when John Tavares relayed the ‘C’ for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs to his good friend Auston Matthews.

“I’m proud to announce Auston as the 26th captain in Toronto Maple Leafs history,” Tavares said during the mid-August ceremony. “I don’t think too many captains get the chance to pass it on obviously in the right situation and be a big part of that process.”

Tavares and Maple Leafs management believed Matthews was the right guy at the right time to accept the massive role for a franchise whose roots are firmly embedded from the advent of the National Hockey League in 1917.

Coming off a franchise-record 69-goal season, Matthews continued to elevate his brilliance. He entered his ninth NHL campaign in 2024-25 possessing three Maurice (Rocket) Richard Trophies as the NHL’s leading goal scorer (twice surpassing 60-or-more goals in a season). He was recognized once as NHL MVP with the Hart Memorial Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award, captured the Calder Trophy as top rookie as well as numerous All-Star recognitions.

Matthews is not only the face of the Maple Leafs but one of hockey’s greatest current superstars and ambassadors. Further to that, he realizes where the Maple Leafs stand on the hockey landscape right across the globe. He is the first American-born player selected as captain of the Maple Leafs and second non-Canadian after Swedish-born Mats Sundin.

“I know how much it means to wear the Maple Leaf on your chest every night and to represent Toronto,” Matthews said. “But to be the captain, it’s special. It’s a special honour and responsibility.”

As a sign of admiration, Matthews didn’t overlook the gesture made by Tavares.

“Our relationship’s great,” Matthews said. “He’s an amazing friend, amazing teammate and person. So, to have his support means a lot and he’s definitely a guy that I lean on quite a bit.”

Born as the Toronto Arenas in 1917-18, transforming to Toronto St. Pats from 1919 to ’27 and the Maple Leafs from 1927 through today, the club has boasted an array of captains. All different in scope and talent, each played with the heart worthy of leading the Maple Leafs.

The first captain was Ken (The Pepper Kid) Randall, an off-ice gentleman who was as tough as nails on the ice. In fact, he led the NHL in penalties during its inaugural

“... To be the captain, it’s special. It’s a special honour and responsibility.”

season with 116 over the 21 games he played in the 22-game schedule. But he did score 12 goals, including four game winners which tied for second in the league.

What’s more, though, after ousting the Montreal Canadiens 10-7 in the two-game total-goals NHL final, Randall and the Arenas beat the Pacific Coast Hockey Association champion Vancouver Millionaires 3-2 in the best-of-five Stanley Cup Final.

Randall helped Toronto establish its swagger and set the tone for the succession of club captains that followed. That parade of leaders included the first goalie in NHL history to be named a team captain when John Ross Roach gained that distinction for one season (1924-25).

Most recent generations have little to no recall of the heart-and-soul leadership by the likes of Charlie Conacher, Syl Apps, Ted (Teeder) Kennedy and George Armstrong. But in various chats over the years with their successors, one quickly learned that each was inspired by those who blazed the trail by wearing the ‘C’ with esteem.

For example, Dave Keon revered the Maple Leafs legends who preceded him. He was deeply touched to inherit the captaincy in 1969 following his venerable teammate Armstrong. The photo of Keon donning the ‘C’ with Maple Leafs trainer Joe Sgro is indeed worth more than a thousand words in conveying that pride.

“I wanted to play in the National Hockey League and I wanted to play with the Toronto Maple Leafs ... making them was what I wanted to do,” said Keon, a Maple Leaf from 1960 to ’75.

“Any player who plays for the Leafs or even outside the Leafs knows about the history and tradition of the Toronto Maple Leafs as well as what the whole organizations means to the hockey world in Canada and abroad,” said Darryl Sittler. He was another standout Maple Leaf (1970-82) whose time as captain arrived in 1975. Sittler was the perfect choice for the rebuilt club of that era.

“When I was named,

WENDEL CLARK

I was following some great leaders … Teeder Kennedy, George Armstrong and Dave Keon. You learn quite quickly the respect and the admiration they had for the Maple Leafs. Once you’re the captain of the Maple Leafs, responsibility comes with that, both on and off the ice. It’s just the way it is and the way it should be.”

The Tavares-to-Matthews passing of the captain’s baton reminded Sittler of how he received the full endorsement from a valued veteran whose credentials and contributions to the Maple Leafs were legitimate enough to land him the captaincy.

Built to Appreciate.

Wendel Clark was a true gamer and thundering body checker

“When I was named captain, Ronnie Ellis was the guy in my mind – and in the mind of other people –who would probably be the next guy in line for it because of the respect the players had for him for his number of years in the league and being a classy guy,” Sittler said.

“But when they offered it to him, he told our general manager Jim Gregory ‘no, Darryl should be the captain’. It was pretty special to me that Ronnie Ellis felt that way about me to support it and agreed with the choice.”

From the 1980s onward the list of Maple Leafs captains featured the first 50-goal scorer in club history (Rick Vaive), true gamer/thundering body checker Wendel Clark, the just-as-passionate Doug Gilmour and the splendid No. 13 Mats Sundin. Dion Phaneuf rocked many an opponent during his years here and Tavares left the Islanders in 2018 to fulfill his boyhood dream. The chase for the Stanley Cup as a Maple Leaf continues for Tavares, of course, only now it’s in the role of being a key member of the core captain Matthews will require.

“John Tavares is a classy guy,

very good player and captain who is a future Hall of Famer in my mind,” Sittler said. “I’m sure there was mixed emotions for him, but he realized and saw the bigger picture. He’s watched Auston grow as a player and as a person. John handled this with class and he’s all in. I know Auston would say this because as I learned you have to have a good nucleus of support with leadership guys around you.”

Regardless of the era, anyone who served as Maple Leafs captain accepted the role with the understanding that expectations are high. There are no escapes in a demanding environment like the one that exists here.

“You and I know it’s a tough city to play in when things aren’t going well,” Sittler said. “When things are going well, we as captains get more credit than we deserve. When things aren’t going well and they all turn on you, you’re the scapegoat or you’re the one with the target on your back.

“Auston realizes that and he knows the responsibilities that come with it. He realizes it’s not all about goals and assists but making the team and helping the team be better. His work ethic is there game in and game out. Off ice, he’s grown a lot with that confidence. It’s almost like on-the-job training when it comes to dealing with media, social media, the fans … all those sorts of things.

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“I’m sure he’s got lots of support around him in teammates and upper management to back him with when things are challenging at times. He’s mature enough to do the job – and he wants it. He does know the honour that comes with that. He’s going to come prepared to work every day with the attitude that he’s going to lead this team that’s waited so long for the Stanley Cup. For any player who played here, there’s nothing bigger than to have that challenge. But you know that if it comes to fruition, it doesn’t get any better than that.”

Matthews is well on his way to re-writing the Maple Leafs record book and threatening to topple some NHL records along the way. Now, time will tell what his legacy will be during his tenure as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.l

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HONOURED WITH THE ‘C’

Auston Matthews

John Tavares . .

Dion Phaneuf

Mats Sundin

Doug Gilmour

Wendel Clark .

Rob Ramage .

Rick Vaive

Darryl Sittler .

Dave Keon

George Armstrong .

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.2019-24

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.1994-97

.1991-94

.1989-91

.1981-86

.1975-81

.1969-75

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Ted Kennedy & Jim Thomson . .1956-57

Sid Smith

Ted Kennedy

Syl Apps

Bob Davidson

Syl Apps

Red Horner

Charlie Conacher

Hap Day

Bert Corbeau

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John Ross Roach

Jack Adams

Reg Noble .

Frank Heffernan

Ken Randall

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George Armstrong . .

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John Ross Roach

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EUROPEAN BORN CAPTAINS 1

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George Armstrong .

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Syl Apps (1942, ’47, ’48).

Ted Kennedy (1949, ’51).

Ken Randall (1918).

Reg Noble (1922).

Hap Day (1932).

Bob Davidson (1945).

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“We’re a team. We’re all in it together.”

THE SHELVES BEHIND his desk are bare. Nothing covers the fresh coat of paint on the white walls inside the office. No photos. No mementos. No hint that this has been a hockey lifer and a Stanley Cup champion whose entire career has been in the game.

The new coach of the Maple Leafs sits behind that desk, a visitor on the other side of it, on this, the opening day of training camp. Berube is wearing a fresh blue and white cap, a Leafs’ zip-up jacket and a pair of shorts.

Interior design and personal wardrobe match Craig Berube’s no-nonsense approach to the job. While welcoming and friendly, Berube is stern when it comes to talking shop. It’s the way he survived as a player for 17 years. Berube entered the NHL in the era of typewriters, commercial travel and helmets being optional; then retired when his teammates were pulling out smart phones.

Understanding how to evolve has been vital since he broke into the hockey world back in the mid1980s, and especially critical when his chance came in late November of 2018 to become the head coach in St. Louis. Berube guided what had been a scuffling Blues team to a historic and memorable run to that Stanley Cup triumph in 2019.

And so, on this autumn afternoon in his non-descript office behind the Maple Leafs dressing room, the conversation begins on what it takes to be the last team standing in June.

“You’ve got to get uncomfortable. You're going to have to put yourself in vulnerable positions,” begins Berube. “It's about the team. It's not about yourself. It’s about the team and everybody contributing in their role and doing their job.”

The jobs have been plentiful for Berube in the hockey business. He suited up for over a thousand games on five different NHL teams. He’s been a player/coach, minor league coach and held the top job in in both Philadelphia and St. Louis. Before arriving in Toronto, Berube sat at the end of the set inside the ‘NHL on TNT’ television studio, trading barbs with his fellow panelists and breaking down the game.

Reaching these peaks of the industry are especially amazing when you remember Berube’s intro-

duction to the NHL was as an undrafted free agent out of Calahoo – a hamlet in Northern Alberta on Highway 37, where he grew up with three channels on his television and only on Saturday nights would hockey be available to watch. Those humble roots shaped Berube’s fundamental philosophies to what being a true

BERUBE AS A MAPLE LEAF

professional really means.

No matter if he’d be in uniform or suit, every off-season would include a look in the mirror, a level-check and a reminder of what would be necessary to remain in one of the most exclusive clubs in sport.

“You know, when I went home in the summertime, I'm like, ‘I’ve got to work. I’ve got to train. I’ve got to come to the camp, and I can't allow complacency to slip in there because I'm not good enough,’” Berube says. “That's still how I do it.

I've always tried to get better as a coach. I'm always working on trying to do what I need to do to improve and to find new ways to motivate players to play the game.”

On the airplane after a win or loss, or in the car on the way to practice, Berube often asks himself, ‘what else can we do?’ Looking for any edge, thinking about how to get a little more from the guys.

“There's always things I'm trying to work on, just like I had to my whole career as a player,” he says.

Having open and ongoing dialogue with players is a staple to how Berube goes about it. At this level, he knows the guys on the ice will figure out the x’s and o’s and systems. Berube believes a real connection, a personal touch, is fundamental to trust and relationships being formed.

“It’s important for me to have an understanding of what's going on in (players’) lives, where they’re at mentally,” Berube explains. “Things like that, those types of things, I try to talk to the players on a daily basis about.

Berube has told Auston Matthews that wearing the ‘C’ changes his role.

“Things go on in their lives outside of the game, right? They might want to talk to you about it. Maybe they don't, but you always want to be there for them. We're a team. We’re all in it together. Some days they’ll need a pat on the back. Some days they’ll need a kick in the ass. So that's a feel that I think a coach has to have.”

Managing personalities is a big part of being a head coach in professional sports today. So, too, is navigating the ebbs and flows of a punishing schedule. There are inevitable ups and downs over a sixmonth season.

“You’ve got to keep your team in a good spot, even keeled,” says Berube. “You know there will be good days and bad days. And that’s why communication is so important.”

There may not be a player that Berube will be spending more time with than the 26th captain in Maple Leafs history. Even before Auston Matthews was presented with the ‘C’ in mid-August, his new coach went to Arizona to spend time with him away from the pressure cooker.

Berube knew of the talent inside of Matthews –who in the hockey world doesn’t? But he saw firsthand of the work ethic and want-to of what has made Matthews one of the best athletes in pro sports today. Now comes added responsibilities with the captaincy title and Berube has told Auston that his role now changes. That there are two more elements added to the duties: i) Accomplishing the mission; ii) Taking care of teammates.

“Accomplishing the mission means winning a lot of games and if you don’t, you’re the captain, you have to take the brunt of it,” says Berube. “Leadership is hard, and if you want to be the leader, you have to be accountable.”

To Berube, taking care of teammates is integral. Which means lifting them up when it’s time, having difficult conversations when it’s necessary. And just about everything else in-between. Berube says there may not be a leader who has taken care of his teammates better than Tom Brady.

Berube will have regular conversations with the leadership group of the Maple Leafs, likely weekly. Wanting to get a gauge on what the players are feeling and what some issues could be that need to be addressed. But he also wants them to have their space. The dressing room is theirs.

On the ice, Berube has made clear how he wants the Maple Leafs to play: “Forecheck, aggressive, heavy. Let’s go.”

Heaviness means hanging onto the puck, being strong on the puck, knocking people off pucks and being heavy around the net. What he doesn’t want to see are opponents getting second and third opportunities in front.

Berube explains it this way. “For me it’s checking, it’s forechecking hard, it’s neutral zone forecheck. It’s really pressuring teams.

“When you don’t have the puck, what are you doing to get it back?”

But don’t get it twisted: it’s not a defensive-first mindset.

“My mindset as a coach is not sitting back and playing defense,” Berube says. “We’re going to be

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aggressive. We’re going to be the attack. We’re going.”

Berube has often told players that he’d rather have them be a little overaggressive and make a mistake when trying to make plays and create opportunities, than not. He wants to see his players fighting for space at the offensive net, finding a rebound, being strong in front and scoring dirty goals.

“To me, that style of play – and getting accustomed to it during the season – bodes well during the playoffs,” he says.

“We

all want to win. To get there, discipline is huge.”

And we all know that’s what matters most for a Maple Leafs with this kind of talent, and these sorts of expectations. As much as the 82-game grind matters, how the group fares in the spring will be the ultimate measure of success.

Berube has watched the Maple Leafs from afar the last few years. They’ve “done a lot of good,” he says, but “haven't gotten to where they want to go.”

“The players want to get to the top. I know fans want to win, management wants to win. We all want to win. To get there, discipline is huge,” Berube says. “In the playoffs, you’ve got to have composure. You're going to have bad shots. You're going to have bad games. But at the same time, you got to learn from it, move on from it and get ready for the next game.”

Berube is getting ready for another season in the NHL. Another season where the principles of forecheck, aggressive, heavy remain. Another season with his no-nonsense approach. Another season with an office and its blank walls, empty shelves and clean desk. As he gets up from it, the question is posed to him: would you put a framed photo up in the office of yourself and Matthews with the Stanley Cup if you guys win it all?

A big smile breaks across Berube’s face.

“If that happens, you better believe we will,” Berube says, and then extends his hand out to shake on it.l

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There is a fiery competitor inside this chill Swede

THERE IS A SPECIFIC July day from William Nylander’s childhood that remains ingrained in his memory. He was only 10 or 11, old enough for it to have left a lasting imprint. At that age, young Willy was well in-tune with what autumns and winters looked like – often, he was the giddy kid being driven in and out of big arenas and practice facilities, joining his dad on rides to the rink when Michael was a mainstay NHL forward from 1992 to 2009.

But summers were different. There wasn’t as much hustle and bustle. The family would sometimes head back to Sweden and take advantage of some downtime and the outdoors. Break out the tennis racquets. Go to the park. Entertain, eat, enjoy.

Anyway, back to that July day when mom and dad woke the kids up early in the morning and took them out on the boat and the whole family had a blast in the sunshine. They blasted tunes, there was a stop or two so everyone could go for a little swim. There was food and

there were games and it was a long one out in the heat and by the time they got home it was dark and it was late and there was still bedtime to take care with most of the kids. Everyone was drained and exhausted. The couch was calling, maybe even a nightcap and putting the feet up and watching a movie or a show. But instead, dad looked at his oldest son and told him he was heading to the gym.

All these years later, William remembers it like it was yesterday.

“It was like 10 p.m. We had been out all day. But then we come back and he knew he had work to do because it hadn’t been done yet,” Nylander was saying. “My dad worked his ass off. To see how much he worked, that was eye-opening. That was just the standard that he set. And I think that put that same kind of standard on me.”

the National Hockey League. When you watch him play, at times it may look effortless on the ice. The talent is there, of course, and the instincts, it seems, he was born with. While Nylander describes himself as, “laid back, chill,” that’s his way when he leaves the building. Because inside of it, he’s carrying the torch from the standard-setter, the family patriarch.

THE TALENT IS THERE, OF COURSE, AND THE INSTINCTS, IT SEEMS, HE WAS BORN WITH

“Even before I got here to Toronto, I had to the chance to be with Willy for a couple of World Championships and I saw how much work he puts in, just how serious he is off the ice with food and sleep and everything,” says league veteran Oliver Ekman-Larsson, now a Maple Leafs defenseman. “And you see that every day. I think that’s what sticks out, is that every day he’s committed to it.”

It is the sport that has provided him joy, friendship, frustration and notoriety. This season, a contract extension kicks in for one of the true stars in

Nylander may be the star of the new Amazon series, “Faceoff.” And, yes, you could catch him riding the public transit to games as part of an endorsement deal. But on this early October practice day, a

week before the season begins, he’s also among the last of the Maple Leafs players to skate off before the Zamboni rolls on for a flood. When he exits the dressing room post-treatment and shower, he’s balancing three drinks – a bottle of electrolytes, a can of sparkling water and a protein shake. Proper recovery, an absolute priority.

“What I learned as a kid was a work ethic and all of the things you need to do,” to be a true professional, Nylander says.

And it’s not just about himself.

Take this pre-season. It was a long training camp and toward the end of it, the Maple Leafs snuck awayto Muskoka for practices and some team bonding. There are new faces on the bench and behind it, with a head coach and his staff. The trip north was a real opportunity for guys to get to know one another. Nylander gravitated to the newer and younger members of the roster, the unheralded ones, those on the bubble. To make them feel appreciated and welcomed, to remind them they’re all part of this whole thing.

ing up to play in one. Which is why he’s been so comfortable with the cameras following him around as part of the all-access Amazon series. Nylander watched similar behind-the-scenes programs in his youth and found joy in following what hockey players and other athletes did. To him, being a face of the show now, is a way of paying it forward.

“I want to be giving back to younger kids, having them see the aspects of what being a hockey player is all about,” Nylander says. “It inspired me, seeing people living their dreams. It was always fun to see other teams and other players.”

“He really cares about everybody,” EkmanLarsson says.

And that extends to those on the other side of the glass. Nylander remembers what it’s like to be sitting in the seats at a NHL game, rather than suit-

Growing up in locker rooms and pro hockey rinks, with his dad bringing him along to work, was a dream for Nylander. And with that lifestyle, came a different reality than most kids had. Michael played for seven different NHL teams, then a bunch more clubs overseas when Willy was young. There were no shortage of moving trucks and new schools and different cultures and an assortment of minor hockey teams to play on. In Willy’s words, it made him “grow up maybe a little faster than some other kids do.” As one of the oldest children in the family, he’d be the one called upon to babysit. Even helped out with the cooking. He jokes that he made more meals then, as

“I GET IN THE VIBE AND JUST VIBE IN THE GAME AND IT FEELS LIKE SO MANY THINGS ARE CLICKING.”

a pre-teen, than he does now as an adult.

Being thrown into so many different environments and situations?

“I think it made it pretty easy to just go with the flow, you know? Go with whatever is happening,” Nylander says.

But don’t get it twisted: there is a fiery competitor inside the funny, happy-go-lucky Swede. That comes to life on gamedays, and the personality transformation actually begins hours before they drop the puck. It’s usually after his post-practice nap that Nylander’s mindset starts to switch. He’ll slide on his ear buds and take the dog out for a walk, wanting to get dialed-up and dialed-in. What he’s listening to is mood-dependent and covers the gamut. Some af-

“I just want to help my team win.”

ternoons it’s Drake or The Weeknd. Other times it can be country music or even Swedish jams. All over the place.

And while getting some steps and with the tunes blaring, Nylander begins to think through the game that’s about to unfold. Not as much on the opponent or the scouting report. “It’s about me,” he says. “What I see myself doing. What I want to do in certain scenarios. How I want to (handle) them.”

There are times he’ll dial back the visualization. When the body is feeling it and he’s loose, Nylander is out there “in a free flow” some games. He explains it this way: “I get in the vibe and just vibe in the game and it feels like so many things are clicking.”

But Nylander is his own harshest critic. He’ll immediately realize when an aspect of his play isn’t quite right and he’ll try to get back on track. Often, before others may notice that Willy is struggling with something, he’s the one to identify it and wants to make the adjustment.

“Sometimes you feel it in your game,” he says, simply.

You ask him when he’s at his best and his reply is, that the most important things are skating, and working hard. But mainly, it’s just about skating, not letting up.

The learning has come, having gone through so much in adolescence and early adulthood. Nylander was only 18 when the Maple Leafs selected him with their No. 8 pick overall in the 2014 draft.

“I think what we learn every year is that it takes an extra little more here, a little more there,” Nylander says. “It could be detailed. It could be a little more effort or it could be details. It could be a detail on the back check. Every little thing can matter.”

He wants to be a leader, and to lift his teammates. To continue to instill confidence in them. Pump them up. And he knows with it, there’s a requirement to be the example. Nylander so often talks about the thirst to improve, year-over-year. Not just with individual statistics either. “That’s an obvious,” he says. “If I’m performing at my best, then I’m helping my team.”

For Willy, it’s about winning. Helping the Maple Leafs win games. Getting them into a real post-season run.

“I mean, everybody just has to buy-in,” says Nylander. “We've been on the right track. We just need a little extra push, whatever it may be, to get over the hump.”

Along with laid back and chill comes a real desire that burns inside William Nylander. It has for years. Learning that every little thing can matter has him prioritizing the details whether he’s at the rink or not.

He’s willing to do what it takes: in the weight room, on the practice ice, when the lights come on – after the music and walk gets him going following the pre-game nap. Much of that want-to stems from what happened on a summer night long ago. Dad’s 10 p.m. decision to go to the gym for a lifting session because the work wasn’t done. The commitment, the setting of a standard to go about the profession at a high level.

“I just want to help my team win,” Nylander says.l

MAPLELEAFS

BYTHENUMB3RS

Takeaways by AUSTON MATTHEWSin 2023-24, second in the NHL to Evgeni Malkin’s 90. Mathew Barzal (84) was third.

Maple Leafs defencemen who have recorded multiple seasons with 50 or more assists. MORGAN RIELLYdid it for the third time with 51 assists last season, a feat he also accomplished in 2018-19 (58) and 2021-22 (52). Borje Salming accomplished it five times and Ian Turnbull twice.

AUSTON

MATTHEWS GIVES THE HART SOME LOVE

BY LARRY MILLSON

Goals scored and allowed by each team in the 92 regular-season meetings between the MAPLE LEAFSand the MONTRÉAL MAROONS. The teams also were even in wins at 43 each with six ties. They split two playoff series. The Maroons played from 1925 to 1938.

DENNIS HILDEBY, OCT. 10

Maple Leafs goaltenders over the past 20 years who have won their NHL debuts. DENNIS HILDEBYbecame the fifth on Oct. 10 when he stopped 22 of 24 shots against the New Jersey Devils. He joined Joseph Woll (Nov. 13, 2021), Garret Sparks (Nov. 30, 2015), Ben Scrivens (Nov. 3, 2011) and Justin Pogge (Dec. 22, 2008).

Years between Maple Leafs winning the Hart Memorial Trophy that is awarded to the most valuable player in the NHL each season. AUSTON MATTHEWS (2022) became the third Maple Leaf to win the Hart following Ted Kennedy (1955) and Babe Pratt (1944).

Career shutouts by TURK BRODA, the Maple Leafs franchise record, from 1936-52. Harry Lumleyis second at 34 and Johnny Boweris third at 32. Broda also had a franchise-best 304 wins followed by Bower (219) and Felix Potvin(160).

Hockey fans have surely missed being able to watch a best-on-best international tournament over the past few years, but that feeling is likely to be a thing of the past early in the next year.

On February 2, 2024, at the 2023-24 NHL All-Star Game, Commissioner Gary Bettman announced an exciting new tournament, christened the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, which is set to take place from February 12th to 20th, 2025 and will feature four hockey powerhouses as Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States will do battle in an attempt to claim hockey supremacy.

This tournament, perhaps smaller in scale than previous similar tournaments, is certainly not lacking in star power, intrigue, or fan interest.

Taking place in Canada and the United States –specifically in Montréal, Quebéc and Boston, Massachusetts – this new and innovative tournament will utilize a round-robin format, with each team playing three games in the opening round. Three points will be awarded for a regulation win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, and one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

After the round robin, a championship game will be played between the two teams with the best records.

Of note, all the games in the 4 Nations Face-Off will be played with NHL – not international – rules, so there will be fewer players dressed (18 as opposed to 20), and they will utilize the NHL’s hybrid icing instead of automatic icing, in addition to a few other more subtle differences.

In the round robin, tie games will have 3-on-3, 10-minute suddendeath overtimes, followed by a three-round shootout (if necessary.) In the final game, overtime will also follow NHL rules, via 20-minute, 5on-5 sudden-death periods until one team scores.

NH L4NATIONS FACE-O FF Four hockey powerhouses battle for hockey supremacy

LOCATION

BY ANDREW BARRON

The tournament starts in La Belle Province on Wednesday, February 12th at 8 pm EST when Team Canada takes on the always-tough Swedes at the Bell Centre in Montréal, followed by Team USA versus Team Finland the next night, also at 8 pm EST.

The Canadian contingent of games is completed on Saturday, February 15th, as a late Valentine’s Day gift being a doubleheader of incredible games – long-time rivals Finland versus Sweden in an all-European appetizer at 1 pm EST, followed by what’s sure to be a slobberknocker of a main course as Team Canada takes on its fierce, long-time rival from the south, Team USA at 8 pm EST.

The Boston-based games commence two days later on Monday, February 17th with a juicy doubleheader of its own – Canada taking on Finland at 1 pm EST as the round’s penultimate game, followed by Sweden versus USA as the last game of the round robin.

After a three-day break to rest, recover, and gameplan for their adversaries, the top two teams after the round robin –based on points – will meet in the championship game to decide the winner of the first ever 4 Nations Face-Off.

While there is no monetary prize for the winning team, surely the bragging rights for players as they return to the respective NHL clubs will be more important.

SCHEDULE

Games at the Bell Centre in Montréal, Québec:

Wednesday, February 12th, 8 pm EST: Canada vs. Sweden

Thursday, February 13th, 8 pm EST: USA vs Finland

Saturday, February 15th, 1 pm EST: Finland vs Sweden

Saturday, February 15th, 8 pm EST: USA vs. Canada

Games at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts:

Monday, February 17th, 1 pm EST: Canada vs. Finland

Monday, February 17th, 8 pm EST: Sweden vs. Finland

Thursday, February 20th, 8 pm EST: Championship Game

PRELIMINARY ROSTERS

As a way to whet our appetites, the four countries taking part have already announced the top six players who have been added to each team, headlined in part by two Toronto Maple Leafs – team captain and the reigning Rocket Richard Trophy winner Auston Matthews on Team USA, in addition

TEAM CANADA

HEAD COACH Jon Cooper

F Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)

F Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)

F Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)

F Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins)

F Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)

D Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)

TEAM UNITED STATES

HEAD COACH Mike Sullivan

F Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)

F Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers)

F Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights)

D Adam Fox (New York Rangers)

D Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks)

D Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins)

to two-time 40-goal scorer William Nylander on Team Sweden. There aren’t a lot of surprises in theseinitial lists, but what there is plenty of, is an immense amount of top-end talent.

The remaining roster players are set to be announced between November 29th and December 2nd, 2024.

TEAM SWEDEN

HEAD COACH Sam Hallam

F William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs)

F Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators)

F Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers)

D Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)

D Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins)

D Gustav Forsling (Florida Panthers)

TEAM FINLAND

HEAD COACH Antti Pennanen

F Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)

F Mikko Rantanen (Colorado Avalanche)

F Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)

D Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)

D Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars)

G Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)

HISTORY

The last time NHL players took part in a true beston-best international competition was at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, before the NHL bowed out of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and the 2022 Beijing Games, though there was a modified World Cup of Hockey that took place in Toronto in 2016. That tournament saw international teams do battle, but there were also two amalgam teams from North America (comprised of Canadian and American players who were 23-andunder) and Europe (players of any age who hadn’t been picked by another European country.)

This means that it’s been more than eight years since the best hockey players on the planet have met head-to-head in an attempt to claim worldwide on-ice supremacy.

In a tournament such as this, with so many highly skilled players, the line and matchup possibilities are almost endless. Finally, we will be able to see Canadian superstars Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby sharing the ice as teammates on the world stage. Or we

could see Team USA’s Quinn Hughes feeding Auston Matthews for one-timers in the slot. Perhaps William Nylander will play give-and-go with Swedish countryman Filip Forsberg on a two-on-one before finishing with his patented wrist shot. Plus, there are all the remaining outstanding players who haven’t been added to a roster yet, such as Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly, and John Tavares, or younger players like the ascendant Matthew Knies.

The 4 Nations Face-Off is happening in lieu of the 2024-25 All-Star Game. While it may be disappointing to miss out on the always-fun All-Star Game and the accompanied festivities such as the skills competition given the fun, pomp, and circumstance that the occasions provide, this first-ever tournament is sure to be a more than worthy replacement.

The time for the 4 Nations Face-Off is almost here, though. So, dust off that red and white Team Canada jersey, sit back, and enjoy what’s sure to be an incredibly entertaining display of hockey.l

Grab some friends and cook up some sausage. The game’s on and it’s gonna be great.

THAT’S HOW YOU

FRONT OFFICE AND HOCKEY OPERATIONS

BRENDAN SHANAHAN President and Alternate Governor

DEREK CLANCEY Assistant General Manager, Player Personnel

CRAIG BERUBE Head Coach

CURTIS SANFORD Goaltending Coach

BRAD TRELIVING General Manager

DR. HAYLEY WICKENHEISER Assistant General Manager, Player Development

SHANE DOAN Special Advisor to the General Manager

DARRYL METCALF Assistant General Manager, Hockey Research and Development

COACHING STAFF

LANE LAMBERT Assistant Coach

SAM KIM Video and Coaching Coordinator

MIKE VAN RYN Assistant Coach

BEAN Video Coordinator and Statistical Analyst

PRIDHAM Assistant General Manager

RYAN HARDY Assistant General Manager, Minor League Operations & GM, Toronto Marlies

SAVARD Assistant Coach

2 SIMON BeNOIT

2 SIMON BENOIT

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 4” WEIGHT: 211 LB

BORN: 9/19/1998

BIRTHPLACE: Laval, QC SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 64 145 +756 CAREER 20151520-30140

In his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs Simon Benoit led the Leafs with 246 hits, despite only playing 64 games. On March 29, 2024, Benoit re-signed with the Leafs for three more seasons.

24 CONNOR DEWAR

FORWARD HEIGHT: 5’ 10” WEIGHT: 192 LB

BORN: 6/26/1999 BIRTHPLACE: The Pas,MB SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2018, Minnesota (92nd overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 7411819-828 CAREER 190192443-17103

Connor Dewar was acquired at last year's trade deadline from the Minnesota Wild on March 8, 2024. He played 17 regular season and 6 playoff games for the Leafs. Dewar signed a 1-year contract extension with the Leafs in the offseason.

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11 MAX DOMI

FORWARD HEIGHT: 5’ 10” WEIGHT: 209 LB

BORN: 3/2/1995

BIRTHPLACE: Winnipeg, MB SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: 2013, Phoenix (12th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 8093847+10118 CAREER 661130287417-9630

In his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Max Domi led the team in penalty minutes with 118. This was good for 7th in the NHL. On June 30, 2024, the Leafs re-signed Domi to a 4-year deal.

95 OLIVER EKMANLARSON

95

OLIVER EKMANLARSSON

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 2” WEIGHT: 192 LB BORN: 7/17/1991

BIRTHPLACE: Karlskrona, SWE SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2009, Phoenix (6th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 8092332+1076

CAREER 982144327471-118632

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has had a long and prosperous career and was a key cog in bringing the Florida Panthers their first-ever Stanley Cup last season. On the opening day of free agency, the Leafs signed Ekman-Larsson to a 4year deal.

28

JANI HAKANPAA

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 7”

WEIGHT: 225 LB BORN: 3/31/1992

BIRTHPLACE: Kirkkonummi, FIN SHOOTS: Right DRAFT: 2010, St. Louis (104th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 6421012+1033 CAREER 288153045+34173

Jani Hakanpää has spent the last three years and most of his NHL career in the Dallas Stars organization. Hakanpää has led the Stars in hits for each of the last 3 seasons, with 248 hits in 2021-22, 224 hits in 2022-23 and 196 hits in 2023-24.

29 PONTUS HOLMBERG

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 6’ 0” WEIGHT: 201 LB

BORN: 3/9/1999

BIRTHPLACE: Vasteras, SWE SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: 2018, Toronto (156th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 5471017+1118 CAREER 91121830+1136

Pontus Holmberg had a breakout season last year as he played in a career-high 54 games with the Leafs and played in all 7 playoff games.

19 CALLE JARNKROK

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 6’ 0”

WEIGHT: 191 LB

BORN: 9/25/1991

BIRTHPLACE: Gävle, SWE

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: 2010, Detroit (51st overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM

2023-24 52101121+1618

CAREER 699136165301+70151

Calle Järnkrok is entering his third season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In his first season with the Leafs, he put up 20 goals and 39 points in 73 games. Last season he appeared in 52 games and recorded 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists).

64 DAVID KAMPF

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 2” WEIGHT: 193 LB

BORN: 1/12/1995

BIRTHPLACE: Chomutov, CZE

SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 7881119-418 CAREER 4774387130-15100

David Kampf was once again a key penalty killer for the Leafs last season and led all forwards in Short Handed Time on Ice.

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MATTHEW KNIES

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 3” WEIGHT: 227 LB

BORN: 10/17/2002

BIRTHPLACE: Phoenix, AZ SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2021, Toronto (57th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 80152035+945 CAREER 83152136+1047

In Matthew Knies's rookie season, he finished 7th in goals and points among rookies. He also finished the season with 169 hits, which led all Leafs forwards and was 4th among all NHL rookies.

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18 STEVEN LORENTZ

18 STEVEN LORE NTZ

CENTRE HEIGHT: 6’ 4” WEIGHT: 216 LB

BORN: 4/13/1996

BIRTHPLACE: Kitchener, ON SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: 2015, Carolina (186th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 38 123 -910 CAREER 230212243-2642

Last season Steven Lorentz played 38 regular season and 16 playoff games for the Florida Panthers. Lorentz was invited to a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a successful training camp, Lorentz earned a 1-year deal with the Leafs.

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MITCH MARNER

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 6’ 0”

WEIGHT: 180 LB BORN: 5/5/1997

BIRTHPLACE: Markham, ON SHOOTS: Right DRAFT: 2015, Toronto (4th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 69265985+2118

CAREER 576194445639+110184

Mitch Marner had another stellar season for the Leafs last year, but it was cut short to just 69 games. This season Marner could potentially become a top 5 scorer in Leafs history. He sits just 72 points shy of George Armstrong’s 713 points, who sits at 5th place all-time.

34 AUSTON MATTHEWS

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 3”

WEIGHT: 217 LB

BORN: 9/17/1997

BIRTHPLACE: San Ramon, CA

SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2016, Toronto (1st overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 816938107+3120 CAREER 562368281649+140114

On August 16th, 2024, Matthews was named the 26th captain in franchise history. With this honour, he becomes the first American named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the second non-Canadian player to wear the “C”. The other is the great Mats Sundin.

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22 JAKE M C CABE

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 1”

WEIGHT: 212 LB

BORN: 10/12/1993

BIRTHPLACE: Eau Claire, WI

SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2012, Buffalo (44th overall)

Jake McCabe now enters his 2nd full season as a Toronto Maple Leaf. He played a critical role for the Leafs last year, averaging 20:39 per game with 2:11 of penalty kill time per game.

BOBBY

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BOBBY M C MANN

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 2”

WEIGHT: 215 LB

BORN: 6/15/1996

BIRTHPLACE: Wainwright, AB SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 5615924+1352

CAREER 66151025+1154

At the age of 27 Bobby McMann finally broke through and spent most of the 2023-24 season with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since 2020 McMann has climbed his way up through the NCAA, two ECHL teams, and the Toronto Marlies.

36

DAKOTA MERMIS

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 0”

WEIGHT: 197 LB

BORN: 1/5/1994

BIRTHPLACE: Alton, IL

SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM

2023-24 47 358 -233

CAREER 74 48 12+537

Last season Dakota Mermis established a new NHL careerhigh for games played with 47 as a member of the Minnesota Wild. He was signed as a free agent by the Leafs on July 2, 2024.

PHILIPPE MYERS

DEFENCEMAN

HEIGHT: 6’ 5”

WEIGHT: 219 LB

BORN: 1/25/1997

BIRTHPLACE: Moncton, NB

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 5000 -22 CAREER 15882836+572

Philippe Myers has played for the Flyers, Predators and Lightning across six previous NHL seasons. Last season was primarily spent in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch where he played 61 games. The Leafs signed Myers as a free agent on July 2, 2024.

88 WILLIAM NYLA NDER

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WILLIAM NYLANDER

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 6’ 0”

WEIGHT: 202 LB

BORN: 5/1/1996

BIRTHPLACE: Calgary, AB

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: 2014, Toronto (8th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 82405898+124

CAREER 603217311528+24158

Last season was another outstanding season for William Nylander as he tied his career high in goals (40) and set a new career high in points (98). On January 8, 2024, the Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed Nylander to an eight-year deal.

67 MAX PACIOR ETTY

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 6’ 2”

WEIGHT: 217 LB

BORN: 11/20/1988

BIRTHPLACE: New Canaan, CT

SHOOTS: Left

DRAFT: 2007, Montreal (22nd overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 4741923-1425 CAREER 902330338668+55493

Max Pacioretty spent last season with Washington and recorded 23 points (4 goals, 19 assists) in 47 games.

Pacioretty received a professional tryout with the Leafs on September 11th, and on October 7th he signed a one-year contract with the team.

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75 RYAN REAVES

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 2” WEIGHT: 225 LB

BORN: 1/20/1987

BIRTHPLACE: Winnipeg, MB SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: 2005, St. Louis (156th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 49 426 -1349 CAREER 8776372135-471072

In his first full season with the Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Reaves’s impact was felt. In just 49 games he had 165 hits, 49 penalty minutes and 7 fighting majors.

44 MORGAN RIE LLY

DEFENCEMAN

HEIGHT: 6’ 1”

WEIGHT: 225 LB

BORN: 3/9/1994

BIRTHPLACE: Vancouver, BC

SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2012, Toronto (5th overall)

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 7275158+727 CAREER 79180392472-15229

Entering his 12th season with the Maple Leafs, Morgan Rielly can pass the 800 game mark and the 500 point marks. Only Horton, Salming and Kaberle have been defencemen with 800 games played for the Leafs, of which only Salming and Kaberle scored 500+ points.

PERFORMANCE

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NICHOLAS ROBE RTSON

FORWARD

HEIGHT: 5’ 9”

WEIGHT: 178 LB

BORN: 9/11/2001

BIRTHPLACE: Pasadena, CA

SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2019, Toronto (53rd overall)

2023-24 54141327+44 CAREER 87171734+38

Nicholas Robertson had the most productive season of his NHL career in 2023-24, establishing new career highs in goals (14), assists (13) and points (27) across 54 games played. On September 10th, the Leafs re-signed Robertson to a one-year deal.

ANTHONY STOLARZ

GOALIE HEIGHT: 6’ 6”

WEIGHT: 243 LB

BORN: 1/20/1994

BIRTHPLACE: Edison, NJ

CATCHES: Left DRAFT: 2012, Philadelphia (45th overall)

Anthony Stolarz had a very impressive season last year for the Florida Panthers where they would go on to win the Stanley Cup. Before landing in Florida he had spent time with the Ducks, Oilers and Flyers. The Leafs signed Stolarz to a 2-year deal on July 1st, 2024.

8

CHRIS TA NEV

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 3” WEIGHT: 199 LB

BORN: 12/20/1989

BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: Undrafted

GP GAP +/-PIM 2023-24 7521719+2224

CAREER 79233157190+122194

Chris Tanev is a long-time defensive specialist who has been one of the league’s best shot blockers. Last season he had 207 blocked shots, good for 4th in the NHL. In the playoffs he blocked 73 shots, good for 1st. The Leafs signed Tanev to a 6-year deal on July 1, 2024.

91 JOHN TAVARES

91 JOHN TAVARES

FORWARD HEIGHT: 6’ 1” WEIGHT: 211 LB

BORN: 9/20/1990

BIRTHPLACE: Mississauga, ON SHOOTS: Left DRAFT: 2009, Islanders (1st overall)

John Tavares’s long and impressive career continues to build. Tavares made history when he scored his 1000th point last season. The next great milestone for Tavares is hitting the 500 goals mark, for which he is 44 goals short.

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CONOR TIMMINS

DEFENCEMAN HEIGHT: 6’ 3” WEIGHT: 213 LB

BORN: 9/18/1998

BIRTHPLACE: St. Catharines, ON SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT: 2017, Colorado (32nd overall)

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A coveted righthanded defenceman, Conor Timmins has grown his defensive game as a Maple Leaf, establishing new career-highs for blocked shots, hits and takeaways in 2023-24.

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JOSEPH WOLL

GOALIE HEIGHT: 6’ 3”

WEIGHT: 206 LB

BORN: 7/12/1998

BIRTHPLACE: Dardenne Prairie, MO

CATCHES: Left

DRAFT: 2016, Toronto (62nd overall)

Joseph Woll had an impressive rookie season for the Toronto Maple Leafs last year, playing in 25 games. He followed that up with a great playoffs, allowing just 2 goals in three games. On July 1st the Leafs signed Woll to a 3-year extension.

MAPLE LEAFS TR IVIA

BY JOHN IABONI

QUESTIONS

1 On September 19, 1991, the Maple Leafs traded Vincent Damphousse, Luke Richardson, Scott Thornton and Peter Ing to the Edmonton Oilers for Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and one other player. Who was he?

A Dave Semenko

B Dave Manson

C Craig Muni

D Craig Berube

2 Who holds the Maple Leafs record for most career regular season shorthanded goals with 31?

A Bob Pulford

B Russ Courtnall

C Dave Keon

D Dave Reid

3 No one in Toronto franchise history has reached 600 regular-season points quicker than Auston Matthews. How many games did it take?

A 600 B 527

C 500 D 562

4 Entering this season, four Maple Leafs goalies had registered the club record by a netminder with five points (all assists) in one regular season. Who was the last one to achieve that?

A Vesa Toskala

B Mike Palmateer

C Curtis Joseph

D Ken Wregget

5 Where did Matthew Knies score his first NHL regularseason goal and record his first NHL regular-season two-goal game?

A Los Angeles

B Detroit

C Tampa

D Chicago

6 Through 2023-24, who was the Maple Leafs all-time leader in three-plus-point games?

A Mats Sundin

B Darryl Sittler

C Rick Vaive

D Frank Mahovlich

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Only three defencemen in Maple Leafs history have multiple regular seasons of 50-or-more assists. Borje Salming (five times) and Ian Turnbull (twice) are two of them. Who is the other?

A Tim Horton

B Bryan McCabe

C Tomas Kaberle

D Morgan Rielly

8 He played with total emotion and jumped for joy every time he scored. His biggest leap as a Maple Leaf came after scoring the overtime winner at Detroit against the Red Wings in Game 5 of the 1993 Norris Division semi-final series. Who was he?

A Mike Foligno

B Nikolai Borschevsky

C Dave Andreychuk

D Doug Gilmour

9 Name the goalie William Nylander beat for his 200th NHL regular-season goal?

A Connor Hellebuyck

B James Reimer

C Thatcher Demko

D Jeremy Swayman

10 Chris Tanev wore No. 3 after he was traded last season to the Dallas Stars. But what number is he most associated with during his NHL career?

A 8 B 83

C 88 D 38

MAPLE LEAFS TRIVIA

ANSWERS

1 D Obtained from the Philadelphia Flyers on May 31, 1991, Craig Berube never played a regular-season game for the Oilers as he was relayed to Toronto during the 1991-92 preseason. Berube suited up for 40 games with Toronto and then was part of the 10-player blockbuster that brought Doug Gilmour from the Flames on January 2, 1992.

2 C Dave Keon, a Maple Leaf from 1960 through ’75, is the franchise’s all-time pace-setter with 31 shorthanded goals during the regular season. Keon (in 1970-71) and Dave Reid (in 1990-91) are tied for most SHGs in one season by a Maple Leaf, each with eight.

3 B On the road at Winnipeg on January 27, 2024 and in his 527th NHL regular-season game, Auston Matthews notched a goal to become the quickest player in Maple Leafs history at the 600-point plateau.

4 A Vesa Toskala (2007-08) joined Mike Palmateer (1978-79), Ken Wregget (1987-88) and Curtis Joseph (1998-99) as Maple Leafs goalies to hit the club record for netminders with five points in one season.

5 C Matthew Knies scored his first two NHL regularseason goals against the Lightning in Tampa on October 21, 2023. His markers late in the third period forced OT. John Tavares netted the decisive marker in Toronto’s 4-3 triumph.

6 B Darryl Sittler is the Maple Leafs all-time leader with 90 games of three-plus points, including franchise bests of 26 four-plus-point games and seven five-plus-point games.

7 D Morgan Rielly began 2024-25 with three seasons of 50-or-more assists – 52 in 2018-19, 58 in 2021-22 and 51 in 2023-24.

8 A Mike Foligno played 1,018 regular-season games with Detroit, Buffalo, Toronto and Florida from 1979 to 1994. He netted 15 goals in the playoffs, two as a Maple Leaf in 1993 both of which were game winners. Leapin’ Mike went totally airborne on April 27, 1993 after he beat Detroit’s Tim Chevaldae at 2:05 for the only playoff OT goal of his career.

9 C William Nylander’s 200th NHL regular-season goal was scored against Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko at Vancouver on January 20, 2024.

10 A From the Vancouver Canucks (2010-20) to the Calgary Flames (2020-24) and now his hometown Maple Leafs, Chris Tanev is synonymous with No. 8.

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