2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.

2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	5th Eastern
2002–03 record	44–28–7–3
Home record	24–13–4–0
Road record	20–15–3–3
Goals for	236
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,240
Minor league affiliate(s)	St. John's Maple Leafs Greensboro Generals
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (37)
Assists	Alexander Mogilny (46)
Points	Alexander Mogilny (79)
Penalty minutes	Wade Belak (196)
Plus/minus	Tomas Kaberle (+20)
Wins	Ed Belfour (37)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.26)
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Off-season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2002 NHL entry draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

The Leafs signed free agent goaltender Ed Belfour to be their starting goaltender to replace the departed Curtis Joseph, who signed with the Detroit Red Wings to be their starting goaltender after Dominik Hasek retired following their Stanley Cup championship the previous season.

Regular season

The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.^[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
3	7	Boston Bruins	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
5	12	Buffalo Sabres	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72

^[2]

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	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2002–03 regular season[4]
October: 3–6–2–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 1–1–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 10, 2002 6–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 1–0–0–0 W 2 October 12, 2002 1–2 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 1–1–0–0 L 3 October 14, 2002 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 1–2–0–0 L 4 October 15, 2002 4–5 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 1–3–0–0 L 5 October 17, 2002 5–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 2–3–0–0 W 6 October 19, 2002 2–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 2–3–1–0 T 7 October 21, 2002 1–4 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 2–4–1–0 L 8 October 23, 2002 1–4 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 2–5–1–0 L 9 October 26, 2002 3–4 New York Rangers (2002–03) 2–6–1–0 L 10 October 28, 2002 5–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 3–6–1–0 W 11 October 31, 2002 3–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 3–6–2–0 T
November: 8–5–0–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 2–3–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 November 2, 2002 † 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 3–7–2–0 L 13 November 5, 2002 4–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 4–7–2–0 W 14 November 8, 2002 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 4–8–2–0 L 15 November 9, 2002 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 4–9–2–0 L 16 November 12, 2002 4–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 5–9–2–0 W 17 November 15, 2002 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 6–9–2–0 W 18 November 16, 2002 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 6–10–2–0 L 19 November 19, 2002 2–0 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 7–10–2–0 W 20 November 23, 2002 6–0 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 8–10–2–0 W 21 November 25, 2002 0–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 8–11–2–0 L 22 November 26, 2002 5–4 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 9–11–2–0 W 23 November 29, 2002 3–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 10–11–2–0 W 24 November 30, 2002 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 11–11–2–0 W
December: 8–3–2–1 (home: 5–0–1–0; road: 3–3–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 25 December 3, 2002 4–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 12–11–2–0 W 26 December 6, 2002 2–4 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 12–12–2–0 L 27 December 7, 2002 1–0 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 13–12–2–0 W 28 December 10, 2002 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 14–12–2–0 W 29 December 12, 2002 1–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 14–13–2–0 L 30 December 14, 2002 4–1 New York Rangers (2002–03) 15–13–2–0 W 31 December 16, 2002 0–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 15–14–2–0 L 32 December 18, 2002 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 15–14–3–0 T 33 December 19, 2002 2–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 16–14–3–0 W 34 December 21, 2002 3–3 OT San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 16–14–4–0 T 35 December 23, 2002 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 17–14–4–0 W 36 December 27, 2002 4–3 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 18–14–4–0 W 37 December 28, 2002 2–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 18–14–4–1 OTL 38 December 31, 2002 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 19–14–4–1 W
January: 8–6–0–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 5–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 39 January 3, 2003 0–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 19–15–4–1 L 40 January 4, 2003 2–1 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 20–15–4–1 W 41 January 7, 2003 5–2 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 21–15–4–1 W 42 January 9, 2003 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 22–15–4–1 W 43 January 11, 2003 2–6 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 22–16–4–1 L 44 January 13, 2003 1–5 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 22–17–4–1 L 45 January 14, 2003 3–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 23–17–4–1 W 46 January 17, 2003 4–1 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 24–17–4–1 W 47 January 18, 2003 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 25–17–4–1 W 48 January 21, 2003 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 25–18–4–1 L 49 January 24, 2003 0–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 25–19–4–1 L 50 January 25, 2003 0–3 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 25–20–4–1 L 51 January 29, 2003 3–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 26–20–4–1 W 52 January 30, 2003 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 27–20–4–1 W
February: 9–3–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 5–1–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 February 5, 2003 6–0 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 28–20–4–1 W 54 February 6, 2003 3–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 29–20–4–1 W 55 February 8, 2003 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 30–20–4–1 W 56 February 11, 2003 4–5 Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 30–21–4–1 L 57 February 12, 2003 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 31–21–4–1 W 58 February 15, 2003 2–1 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 32–21–4–1 W 59 February 18, 2003 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 33–21–4–1 W 60 February 20, 2003 6–2 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 34–21–4–1 W 61 February 22, 2003 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 35–21–4–1 W 62 February 23, 2003 2–5 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 35–22–4–1 L 63 February 25, 2003 5–2 New York Islanders (2002–03) 36–22–4–1 W 64 February 27, 2003 2–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 36–23–4–1 L
March: 6–4–3–2 (home: 3–1–2–0; road: 3–3–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 March 1, 2003 4–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 37–23–4–1 W 66 March 3, 2003 1–2 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 37–24–4–1 L 67 March 4, 2003 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 37–25–4–1 L 68 March 6, 2003 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 37–26–4–1 L 69 March 8, 2003 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 37–26–5–1 T 70 March 10, 2003 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 38–26–5–1 W 71 March 13, 2003 3–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 38–26–5–2 OTL 72 March 15, 2003 1–0 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 39–26–5–2 W 73 March 18, 2003 3–3 OT New York Islanders (2002–03) 39–26–6–2 T 74 March 20, 2003 3–4 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 39–26–6–3 OTL 75 March 22, 2003 3–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 40–26–6–3 W 76 March 24, 2003 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 40–27–6–3 L 77 March 25, 2003 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 40–27–7–3 T 78 March 28, 2003 5–2 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 41–27–7–3 W 79 March 29, 2003 4–3 OT Washington Capitals (2002–03) 42–27–7–3 W
April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 80 April 1, 2003 3–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 43–27–7–3 W 81 April 3, 2003 2–1 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 44–27–7–3 W 82 April 5, 2003 1–3 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 44–28–7–3 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

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Attendance Series Recap 1 April 9, 2003 5–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers 18,937 Maple Leafs lead 1–0 W 2 April 11, 2003 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 19,597 Series tied 1–1 L 3 April 14, 2003 4–3 2OT Philadelphia Flyers 19,533 Maple Leafs lead 2–1 W 4 April 16, 2003 2–3 3OT Philadelphia Flyers 19,574 Series tied 2–2 L 5 April 19, 2003 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 19,828 Flyers lead 3–2 L 6 April 21, 2003 2–1 2OT Philadelphia Flyers 19,573 Series tied 3–3 W 7 April 22, 2003 1–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers 19,870 Flyers 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
89	Alexander Mogilny	RW	73	33	46	79	4	12	6	5	2	7	2	4
13	Mats Sundin	C	75	37	35	72	1	58	7	1	3	4	−1	6
15	Tomas Kaberle	D	82	11	36	47	20	30	7	2	1	3	−6	0
80[a]	Nik Antropov	RW	72	16	29	45	11	124	3	0	0	0	−3	0
67	Robert Svehla	D	82	7	38	45	13	46	7	0	3	3	−5	2
21	Robert Reichel	C	81	12	30	42	7	26	7	2	1	3	−4	0
16	Darcy Tucker	LW	77	10	26	36	−7	119	6	0	3	3	1	6
19	Mikael Renberg	RW	67	14	21	35	5	36	7	1	0	1	−4	8
14	Jonas Hoglund	LW	79	13	19	32	2	12	7	0	1	1	−1	0
28	Tie Domi	RW	79	15	14	29	−1	171	7	1	0	1	0	13
39	Travis Green	C	75	12	12	24	2	67	4	2	1	3	3	4
24	Bryan McCabe	D	75	6	18	24	9	135	7	0	3	3	−3	10
25	Jyrki Lumme	D	73	6	11	17	10	46	7	0	2	2	4	4
12	Tom Fitzgerald	LW	66	4	13	17	10	57	7	0	1	1	−2	4
27	Shayne Corson‡	LW	46	7	8	15	−5	49	2	0	0	0	−2	2
18	Alyn McCauley‡	C	64	6	9	15	3	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Owen Nolan†	RW	14	7	5	12	2	16	7	0	2	2	−4	2
8	Aki Berg	D	78	4	7	11	3	28	7	1	1	2	1	2
26	Paul Healey	LW	44	3	7	10	8	16	4	0	1	1	1	2
2	Wade Belak	D	55	3	6	9	−2	196	2	0	0	0	−2	4
7	Gary Roberts	LW	14	5	3	8	−2	10	7	1	1	2	−4	8
29	Karel Pilar	D	17	3	4	7	−7	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
23[b]	Alexei Ponikarovsky	LW	13	0	3	3	4	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Glen Wesley†	D	7	0	3	3	3	4	5	0	1	1	0	2
20	Ed Belfour	G	62	0	2	2		24	7	0	0	0		4
23	Harold Druken†‡	C	5	0	2	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Ric Jackman	D	42	0	2	2	−10	41	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Josh Holden	C	5	1	0	1	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Matt Stajan	C	1	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Carlo Colaiacovo	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Aaron Gavey	C	5	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Anders Eriksson	D	4	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
93	Doug Gilmour†	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
96	Phil Housley†	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	0	−3	0
37	Trevor Kidd	G	19	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Mikael Tellqvist	G	3	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
20	Ed Belfour	62	37	20	5	1816	141	2.26	.922	7	3738	7	3	4	282	24	2.71	.915	0	532
37	Trevor Kidd	19	6	10	2	565	59	3.10	.896	0	1143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Mikael Tellqvist	3	1	1	0	38	4	2.79	.895	0	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lady Byng Trophy	Alexander Mogilny	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ed Belfour[c]	[7]
		Mats Sundin[d]
	NHL Player of the Week	Ed Belfour (November 25)	[9]
Team	Molson Cup	Ed Belfour	[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
400th goal	Mats Sundin	October 14, 2002	[11]
First game	Carlo Colaiacovo	October 23, 2002	[12]
	Mikael Tellqvist	January 18, 2003
	Matt Stajan	April 5, 2003
1,000th point	Mats Sundin	March 10, 2003	[13]
1,000th game played	Mats Sundin	March 24, 2003	[14]
400th win	Ed Belfour	April 1, 2003	[15]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002	[17]
	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2003	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002	[17]
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Vancouver Canucks Jeff Farkas	To Toronto Maple Leafs Josh Holden	[18]
June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations[e]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Bonni	[19]
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	To Calgary Flames Rights to Curtis Joseph	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 8th-round pick in 2003	[20]
	To Nashville Predators Rights to Tie Domi	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th-round pick in 2003	[21]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	To Florida Panthers Rights to Dmitri Yushkevich	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Robert Svehla	[22]
September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	To Vancouver Canucks Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Leeb	[23]
December 31, 2002 (2002-12-31)	To Nashville Predators Bob Wren	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott	[24]
March 5, 2003 (2003-03-05)	To San Jose Sharks Brad Boyes Alyn McCauley 1st-round pick in 2003	To Toronto Maple Leafs Owen Nolan	[25]
March 9, 2003 (2003-03-09)	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley	[26]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Montreal Canadiens 6th-round pick in 2003	To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Gilmour	[27]
	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[f]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley	[29]
May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)	To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken	[30]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Ed Belfour	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[31][32]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Tie Domi	Nashville Predators	3-year	Free agency	[33][34]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Tom Fitzgerald	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	[35]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Aaron Gavey	Minnesota Wild	multi-year	Free agency	[36]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Nathan Barrett	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	multi-year	Free agency	[37]
August 26, 2002 (2002-08-26)	Trevor Kidd	Florida Panthers	2-year	Free agency	[38][32]
September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18)	Tyson Marsh	Vancouver Giants (WHL)		Free agency	[39]
December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11)	Harold Druken	Carolina Hurricanes		Waivers	[40]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[g]	Ref
July 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)	Corey Schwab	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (III)	[42]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Nathan Dempsey	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (VI)	[34]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Donald MacLean	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (VI)	[43]
October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)	Garry Valk	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (III)	[44]
November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)	Tom Barrasso	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (III)	[45]
December 17, 2002 (2002-12-17)	Cory Cross	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	[46]
January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)	Harold Druken	Carolina Hurricanes	Waivers	[47]
April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)	Shayne Corson		Retirement	[48][49]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 14, 2002 (2002-07-14)	Ric Jackman		Re-signing	[50]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Wade Belak		Re-signing	[51]
	Alyn McCauley		Re-signing	[51]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Jonas Hoglund	1-year	Re-signing	[52]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Robert Svehla	1-year[h]	Re-signing	[53]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Marc Moro	multi-year	Re-signing	[36]
July 29, 2002 (2002-07-29)	Aki Berg	multi-year	Re-signing	[54]
September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)	Dmitri Yakushin		Re-signing	[55]
September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18)	Nik Antropov		Re-signing	[56]
	Ryan Bonni		Re-signing	[57]
	Josh Holden		Re-signing	[58]
	Brad Leeb		Re-signing	[59]
October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)	Carlo Colaiacovo	multi-year	Entry-level	[60]
February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)	Gary Roberts	1-year	Extension	[61]
March 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)	Brendan Bell	multi-year	Entry-level	[62]
April 3, 2003 (2003-04-03)	Matt Stajan	3-year	Entry-level	[63]
April 8, 2003 (2003-04-08)	David Turon	multi-year	Entry-level	[64]
May 7, 2003 (2003-05-07)	Kyle Wellwood		Entry-level	[65]
May 29, 2003 (2003-05-29)	Pierre Hedin	multi-year	Entry-level	[66]
June 9, 2003 (2003-06-09)	Ian White		Entry-level	[67]

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[68]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	Alexander Steen	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
2	57	Matt Stajan	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	74	Todd Ford	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	88	Dominic D'Amour	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	122	David Turon	Czech Republic	Femax Havířov (Czech Republic)
6	191	Ian White	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	222	Scott May	Canada	Ohio State University (CCHA)
8	254	Jarkko Immonen	Finland	JYP (Finland)
9	285	Staffan Kronwall	Sweden	Huddinge IK (Sweden)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. Antropov wore number 11 through March 6 and switched numbers when Nolan was acquired.
2. Ponikarovsky wore number 22 in his first seven games and switched numbers when Wesley was acquired.
3. Belfour did not play and was replaced by Patrick Lalime of the Ottawa Senators.^[6]
4. Sundin did not play and was replaced by Miroslav Satan of the Buffalo Sabres.^[8]
5. 8th-round pick in 2003
6. Chicago would receive either a 4th-round pick in 2003 or a 9th-round pick in 2003 and a 4th-round pick in 2004.^[28]
7. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[41]
8. Svehla agreed to a series of one-year contracts.