2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 84th season of existence and their 74th season as the Maple Leafs. The team finished third in the Northeast Division with a 37–29–11–5 record (90 points). In the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, they swept their rivals, the first-place Ottawa Senators, four games to none in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals before falling to the New Jersey Devils in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	7th Eastern
2000–01 record	37–29–11–5
Home record	19–11–7–4
Road record	18–18–4–1
Goals for	232
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Steve Thomas Dmitri Yushkevich
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,257
Minor league affiliate	St. John's Maple Leafs
Team leaders
Goals	Gary Roberts (29)
Assists	Mats Sundin (46)
Points	Mats Sundin (74)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (214)
Plus/minus	Bryan McCabe, Gary Roberts (+16)
Wins	Curtis Joseph (33)
Goals against average	Curtis Joseph (2.39)
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Off-season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2000 NHL entry draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

The Leafs scored the fewest short-handed goals in the NHL during the regular season, with just two.^[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division^[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Ottawa Senators	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
2	5	Buffalo Sabres	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
3	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
4	9	Boston Bruins	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season[4]
October: 6–5–0–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 3–3–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 7, 2000 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 1–0–0–0 W 2 October 9, 2000 1–3 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 1–1–0–0 L 3 October 11, 2000 3–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 2–1–0–0 W 4 October 14, 2000 0–4 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 2–2–0–0 L 5 October 16, 2000 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 2–3–0–0 L 6 October 19, 2000 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 3–3–0–0 W 7 October 21, 2000 2–1 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 4–3–0–0 W 8 October 25, 2000 6–1 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 5–3–0–0 W 9 October 27, 2000 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 5–4–0–0 L 10 October 28, 2000 2–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 6–4–0–0 W 11 October 31, 2000 3–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 6–5–0–0 L
November: 7–2–3–2 (home: 4–1–2–2; road: 3–1–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 November 2, 2000 5–3 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 7–5–0–0 W 13 November 4, 2000 0–0 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 7–5–1–0 T 14 November 5, 2000 7–1 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 8–5–1–0 W 15 November 8, 2000 5–0 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 9–5–1–0 W 16 November 10, 2000 1–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 9–6–1–0 L 17 November 11, 2000 † 3–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 9–6–2–0 T 18 November 15, 2000 1–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 9–6–2–1 OTL 19 November 17, 2000 2–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 9–6–3–1 T 20 November 18, 2000 6–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 10–6–3–1 W 21 November 21, 2000 3–1 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 11–6–3–1 W 22 November 22, 2000 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 12–6–3–1 W 23 November 25, 2000 2–4 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 12–7–3–1 L 24 November 29, 2000 5–6 OT St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 12–7–3–2 OTL 25 November 30, 2000 6–4 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 13–7–3–2 W
December: 7–5–1–1 (home: 2–1–1–1; road: 5–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 December 2, 2000 8–2 New York Rangers (2000–01) 14–7–3–2 W 27 December 4, 2000 4–4 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 14–7–4–2 T 28 December 6, 2000 3–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 15–7–4–2 W 29 December 9, 2000 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 16–7–4–2 W 30 December 13, 2000 7–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 17–7–4–2 W 31 December 15, 2000 2–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 17–8–4–2 L 32 December 16, 2000 5–6 OT Calgary Flames (2000–01) 17–8–4–3 OTL 33 December 20, 2000 1–3 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 17–9–4–3 L 34 December 21, 2000 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 17–10–4–3 L 35 December 23, 2000 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 18–10–4–3 W 36 December 26, 2000 3–5 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 18–11–4–3 L 37 December 27, 2000 0–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 18–12–4–3 L 38 December 30, 2000 4–1 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 19–12–4–3 W 39 December 31, 2000 3–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 20–12–4–3 W
January: 5–5–3–1 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 2–1–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 January 3, 2001 1–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 20–12–5–3 T 41 January 5, 2001 3–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 20–12–6–3 T 42 January 6, 2001 2–3 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 20–13–6–3 L 43 January 10, 2001 1–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 20–14–6–3 L 44 January 12, 2001 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 21–14–6–3 W 45 January 13, 2001 4–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 21–14–7–3 T 46 January 17, 2001 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 21–15–7–3 L 47 January 18, 2001 1–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 21–15–7–4 OTL 48 January 20, 2001 2–0 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 22–15–7–4 W 49 January 24, 2001 1–2 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 22–16–7–4 L 50 January 25, 2001 2–1 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 23–16–7–4 W 51 January 27, 2001 3–1 New York Rangers (2000–01) 24–16–7–4 W 52 January 29, 2001 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 24–17–7–4 L 53 January 31, 2001 4–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 25–17–7–4 W
February: 4–5–3–0 (home: 4–1–3–0; road: 0–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 February 1, 2001 4–5 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 25–18–7–4 L 55 February 7, 2001 7–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 26–18–7–4 W 56 February 8, 2001 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 26–19–7–4 L 57 February 10, 2001 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 26–19–8–4 T 58 February 14, 2001 2–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 26–19–9–4 T 59 February 15, 2001 2–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 26–20–9–4 L 60 February 17, 2001 5–5 OT Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 26–20–10–4 T 61 February 19, 2001 0–2 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 26–21–10–4 L 62 February 22, 2001 4–1 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 27–21–10–4 W 63 February 24, 2001 5–1 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 28–21–10–4 W 64 February 25, 2001 4–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 28–22–10–4 L 65 February 28, 2001 2–1 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 29–22–10–4 W
March: 6–6–1–1 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 4–4–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 66 March 1, 2001 3–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 30–22–10–4 W 67 March 3, 2001 2–3 OT Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 30–22–10–5 OTL 68 March 6, 2001 3–1 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 31–22–10–5 W 69 March 7, 2001 0–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 31–23–10–5 L 70 March 10, 2001 3–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 31–23–11–5 T 71 March 14, 2001 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 32–23–11–5 W 72 March 15, 2001 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 32–24–11–5 L 73 March 17, 2001 5–3 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 33–24–11–5 W 74 March 20, 2001 0–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 33–25–11–5 L 75 March 21, 2001 1–3 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 33–26–11–5 L 76 March 24, 2001 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 34–26–11–5 W 77 March 28, 2001 0–3 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 34–27–11–5 L 78 March 29, 2001 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 35–27–11–5 W 79 March 31, 2001 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 35–28–11–5 L
April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 80 April 4, 2001 4–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 36–28–11–5 W 81 April 6, 2001 1–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 37–28–11–5 W 82 April 7, 2001 3–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 37–29–11–5 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Ottawa Senators – Maple Leafs win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 13, 2001 1–0 OT @ Ottawa Senators Maple Leafs lead 1–0 W 2 April 14, 2001 3–0 @ Ottawa Senators Maple Leafs lead 2–0 W 3 April 16, 2001 3–2 OT Ottawa Senators Maple Leafs lead 3–0 W 4 April 18, 2001 3–1 Ottawa Senators Maple Leafs win 4–0 W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 26, 2001 2–0 @ New Jersey Devils Maple Leafs lead 1–0 W 2 April 28, 2001 5–6 OT @ New Jersey Devils Series tied 1–1 L 3 May 1, 2001 2–3 OT New Jersey Devils Devils lead 2–1 L 4 May 3, 2001 3–1 New Jersey Devils Series tied 2–2 W 5 May 5, 2001 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils Maple Leafs lead 3–2 W 6 May 7, 2001 2–4 New Jersey Devils Series tied 3–3 L 7 May 9, 2001 1–5 @ New Jersey Devils Devils win 4–3 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
13	Mats Sundin	C	82	28	46	74	15	76	11	6	7	13	5	14
7	Gary Roberts	LW	82	29	24	53	16	109	11	2	9	11	5	0
44	Yanic Perreault	C	76	24	28	52	0	52	11	2	3	5	2	4
94	Sergei Berezin	LW	79	22	28	50	2	8	11	2	5	7	1	2
14	Jonas Hoglund	LW	82	23	26	49	1	14	10	0	0	0	−4	4
15	Tomas Kaberle	D	82	6	39	45	10	24	11	1	3	4	4	0
16	Darcy Tucker	RW	82	16	21	37	6	141	11	0	2	2	−2	6
32	Steve Thomas	RW	57	8	26	34	0	46	11	6	3	9	4	4
22	Igor Korolev	RW	73	10	19	29	3	28	11	0	0	0	−3	0
24	Bryan McCabe	D	82	5	24	29	16	123	11	2	3	5	5	16
27	Shayne Corson	C	77	8	18	26	1	189	11	1	1	2	−1	14
10	Garry Valk	RW	74	8	18	26	4	46	5	1	0	1	−1	2
36	Dmitry Yushkevich	D	81	5	19	24	−2	52	11	0	4	4	−4	12
28	Tie Domi	RW	82	13	7	20	2	214	8	0	1	1	0	20
9	Nik Antropov	C	52	6	11	17	5	30	9	2	1	3	2	12
55	Danny Markov	D	59	3	13	16	6	34	11	1	1	2	−3	12
3	Dave Manson	D	74	4	7	11	13	93	2	0	0	0	0	2
43	Nathan Dempsey	D	25	1	9	10	13	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Dmitri Khristich‡	RW	27	3	6	9	8	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Cory Cross	D	41	3	5	8	7	50	11	2	1	3	−1	10
39	Alexei Ponikarovsky	RW	22	1	3	4	−1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Aki Berg†	D	12	3	0	3	−6	2	11	0	2	2	1	4
23	Petr Svoboda	D	18	1	2	3	−5	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Wade Belak†	D	16	1	1	2	−4	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Adam Mair‡	LW	16	0	2	2	3	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Alyn McCauley	C	14	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	−4	2
31	Curtis Joseph	G	68	0	1	1		8	11	0	0	0		4
37	Don MacLean	C	3	0	1	1	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	David Cooper	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Jeff Farkas	C	2	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Glenn Healy	G	15	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Curtis Joseph	68	33	27	8	1907	163	2.39	.915	6	4100	11	7	4	329	24	2.10	.927	3	685
30	Glenn Healy	15	4	7	3	331	38	2.62	.885	0	871	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mats Sundin	[5]
Team	Molson Cup	Curtis Joseph	[6]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Petr Svoboda	October 7, 2000	[7]
	Alexei Ponikarovsky	January 10, 2001
1,000th game played	Dave Manson	November 17, 2000	[8]
	Shayne Corson	February 14, 2001	[9]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Rights to Jonathan Hedstrom	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2000 7th-round pick in 2000	[11]
September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris McAllister	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Regan Kelly	[12]
October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Karpovtsev 4th-round pick in 2001	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan McCabe	[13]
October 29, 2000 (2000-10-29)	To Dallas Stars Gerald Diduck	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations	[14]
December 11, 2000 (2000-12-11)	To Washington Capitals Dmitri Khristich	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 3rd-round pick in 2001	[15]
February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Konstantin Kalmikov	To Toronto Maple Leafs Maxim Galanov	[16]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Los Angeles Kings Adam Mair 2nd-round pick in 2001	To Toronto Maple Leafs Aki Berg	[17]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 4, 2000 (2000-07-04)	Shayne Corson	Montreal Canadiens	multi-year	Free agency	[18]
	Gary Roberts	Carolina Hurricanes	multi-year	Free agency	[19]
August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16)	Dave Manson	Dallas Stars	2-year	Free agency	[20]
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)	David Cooper	Kassel Huskies (DEL)		Free agency	[21]
February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16)	Wade Belak	Calgary Flames		Waivers	[22]
March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16)	Mike Minard	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)		Free agency	[23]
June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06)	Christian Chartier	Prince George Cougars (WHL)		Free agency	[24]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Kevyn Adams	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	[26]
	Tommi Rajamaki	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	[26]
June 29, 2000 (2000-06-29)	Wendel Clark		Retirement (III)	[27]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01)	Jason Bonsignore[b]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
	Marc Robitaille[c]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
	Brian Wiseman[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Kris King	Chicago Blackhawks[e]	Buyout	[32]
July 19, 2000 (2000-07-19)	Terran Sandwith	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency (VI)	[33]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Lonny Bohonos	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency (II)[f]	[35]
	Justin Hocking	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency	[36]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14)	Greg Andrusak	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (VI)	[37]
September 2000 (2000-09)	Mark Deyell	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
N/A	Tyler Harlton	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
	Francis Larivee	New Orleans Brass (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)	Ryan Pepperall	Florida Everblades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[41]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 29, 2000 (2000-06-29)	Nathan Dempsey		Re-signing	[42]
	Chris McAllister		Re-signing	[42]
	Petr Svoboda		Entry-level	[42]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Luca Cereda	multi-year	Entry-level	[43]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Jonas Hoglund	1-year	Re-signing	[44]
	Alyn McCauley		Re-signing	[44]
	Yanic Perreault		Re-signing	[44]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Danny Markov	multi-year	Re-signing	[45]
August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15)	Glenn Healy	2-year	Re-signing	[46]
September 4, 2000 (2000-09-04)	Donald MacLean		Re-signing	[47]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	D. J. Smith	2-year	Re-signing	[48]
November 2, 2000 (2000-11-02)	Darcy Tucker	2-year	Extension	[49]

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[50]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	Brad Boyes	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	51	Kris Vernarsky	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	70	Mikael Tellqvist	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
3	90	Jean-Francois Racine	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
4	100	Miguel Delisle	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	179	Vadim Sozinov	Kazakhstan	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
7	209	Markus Seikola	Finland	TPS Jr. (Finland)
7	223	Lubos Velebny	Slovakia	HKm Zvolen Jr. (Slovakia)
8	254	Alexander Shinkar	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
9	265	Jean-Philippe Cote	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[25]
2. Bonsignore was inactive during the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.^[28]
3. Robitaille retired.^[29]
4. Wiseman retired.^[30]
5. King signed with Chicago on October 9, 2000.^[31]
6. Toronto retained Bohonos’ NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[34]