2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 89th season of the franchise, 79th season as the Maple Leafs. This season marked the first time since the 1997–98 season that the team did not make the playoffs.

2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2005–06 record	41–33–8
Home record	26–12–3
Road record	15–21–5
Goals for	254
Goals against	263
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Tomas Kaberle Bryan McCabe
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Average attendance	19,408
Minor league affiliate(s)	Toronto Marlies Pensacola Ice Pilots
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (31)
Assists	Bryan McCabe (49)
Points	Mats Sundin (78)
Penalty minutes	Bryan McCabe (116)
Plus/minus	Alexei Ponikarovsky (+15)
Wins	Ed Belfour (22)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Aubin (2.21)
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Off season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2005 NHL entry draft took place in Ottawa on July 30, 2005.
• The free agency period began on August 1.

Regular season

• October 5, 2005 – The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators participate in the first NHL shootout. Daniel Alfredsson of the Senators scores the first shootout goal in NHL history.
• October 14, 2005 – The Maple Leafs defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 9–1 at Philips Arena, scoring seven power-play goals on 16 opportunities (43.75%).
• December 19, 2005 – Ed Belfour passes Terry Sawchuk for second all-time in wins by a goaltender in a 9–6 Maple Leafs' victory over the New York Islanders. It was the highest-scoring game of 2005–06 regular-season.
• Six members of the Maple Leafs competed in Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Bryan McCabe represented Canada; Nik Antropov competed for Kazakhstan; Aki Berg competed for Finland; Tomas Kaberle for the Czech Republic; and Mats Sundin and Mikael Tellqvist captured the gold medal while representing Sweden. Sundin also held the distinction of serving as captain for Sweden.
• April 11, 2006 – Captain Mats Sundin scores four goals and adds two assists for six points in a 6–5 overtime win against the Florida Panthers at Air Canada Centre.

The Maple Leafs would go on to lead all 30 teams with most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 107.^[1] Captain Mats Sundin, who scored only 13 goals in his first 49 games of the season, scored 18 goals in his final 21 games, for the 12th 30-goal season of his career. The 32-year-old veteran Eric Lindros, signed by the Maple Leafs on August 11, 2005, had a solid start to the season, scoring seven goals in his first eight games. However, wrist injuries would limit him to 33 games played for the year; he finished with 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points. Tomas Kaberle, Bryan McCabe and Darcy Tucker would all have career years, finishing with 68, 67 and 61 points, respectively.

Defensively, the Maple Leafs finished 21st out of 30 in goaltending, allowing 263 goals (excluding seven shootout goals allowed). It was the most goals allowed by a Maple Leafs team since the 1996–97 squad allowed 273. Toronto finished 26th in power-play goals allowed, with 99 and 24th in penalty killing, with 80.04%. While goaltender Jean-Sebastien Aubin posted a 9–0–2 record with a .924 save percentage and a 2.22 goals against average (GAA), this was at the end of the season, and it proved too little too late to get the Leafs into the playoffs. Starter Ed Belfour finished with a .892 save percentage and a 3.29 GAA with one shutout, while Mikael Tellqvist posted a save percentage of 3.13, with a GAA of 3.13. Furthermore, for the first time since the 1988–89 season, Belfour did not record a shutout during the regular season.

The Maple Leafs finished the regular season with a 41–33–8 record for 90 points, two points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, who captured the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. Their ninth-place finish meant that the Maple Leafs would miss the playoffs for the first time since 1998. Throughout the season, Toronto struggled against their provincial and divisional rivals, the Ottawa Senators, winning only one game out of eight meetings with a 1–5–2 record. Excluding shootout goals, the Maple Leafs were outscored 39 to 19 and were shut-out twice. Goaltender Ed Belfour went 0–5–2 against the Senators with 34 goals allowed, a 5.20 GAA and a save percentage of .834.

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	4	Buffalo Sabres	82	52	24	6	281	239	110
3	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
4	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
5	13	Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	230	266	74

^[2] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

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

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

Schedule and results

2005–06 regular season[4]
October: 6–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 5, 2005 2–3 SO Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 0–0–1 OTL 2 October 8, 2005 4–5 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 0–1–1 L 3 October 10, 2005 5–6 SO @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 0–1–2 OTL 4 October 11, 2005 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 1–1–2 W 5 October 14, 2005 9–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 2–1–2 W 6 October 15, 2005 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 3–1–2 W 7 October 20, 2005 5–4 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 4–1–2 W 8 October 22, 2005 2–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 4–2–2 L 9 October 24, 2005 5–4 SO Boston Bruins (2005–06) 5–2–2 W 10 October 27, 2005 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 5–3–2 L 11 October 29, 2005 0–8 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 5–4–2 L 12 October 31, 2005 2–1 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 6–4–2 W
November: 8–5–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 November 3, 2005 3–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 6–5–2 L 14 November 5, 2005 † 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 7–5–2 W 15 November 6, 2005 4–5 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 7–6–2 L 16 November 8, 2005 6–4 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 8–6–2 W 17 November 11, 2005 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 8–7–2 L 18 November 12, 2005 5–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 9–7–2 W 19 November 15, 2005 2–1 New York Rangers (2005–06) 10–7–2 W 20 November 17, 2005 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 11–7–2 W 21 November 19, 2005 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 12–7–2 W 22 November 23, 2005 1–5 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 12–8–2 L 23 November 25, 2005 3–4 SO @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 12–8–3 OTL 24 November 26, 2005 4–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 13–8–3 W 25 November 28, 2005 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 14–8–3 W 26 November 30, 2005 1–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 14–9–3 L
December: 8–5–0 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 27 December 1, 2005 4–0 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 15–9–3 W 28 December 3, 2005 4–5 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 15–10–3 L 29 December 6, 2005 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 15–11–3 L 30 December 10, 2005 1–2 Dallas Stars (2005–06) 15–12–3 L 31 December 12, 2005 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 16–12–3 W 32 December 17, 2005 2–8 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 16–13–3 L 33 December 19, 2005 9–6 New York Islanders (2005–06) 17–13–3 W 34 December 22, 2005 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 17–14–3 L 35 December 23, 2005 2–1 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 18–14–3 W 36 December 26, 2005 2–1 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 19–14–3 W 37 December 27, 2005 3–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 20–14–3 W 38 December 29, 2005 4–3 SO Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 21–14–3 W 39 December 31, 2005 6–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 22–14–3 W
January: 3–8–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–6–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 January 2, 2006 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 23–14–3 W 41 January 6, 2006 0–1 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 23–15–3 L 42 January 7, 2006 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 24–15–3 W 43 January 10, 2006 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 24–16–3 L 44 January 14, 2006 3–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 24–17–3 L 45 January 17, 2006 3–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 24–18–3 L 46 January 18, 2006 3–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 24–19–3 L 47 January 21, 2006 0–7 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 24–20–3 L 48 January 23, 2006 3–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 24–21–3 L 49 January 26, 2006 4–8 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 24–22–3 L 50 January 28, 2006 3–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 24–22–4 OTL 51 January 30, 2006 4–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 25–22–4 W 52 January 31, 2006 2–3 SO @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 25–22–5 OTL
February: 2–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 0–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 February 3, 2006 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 25–23–5 L 54 February 4, 2006 4–2 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 26–23–5 W 55 February 7, 2006 4–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 27–23–5 W 56 February 10, 2006 2–4 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 27–24–5 L 57 February 11, 2006 2–4 New York Rangers (2005–06) 27–25–5 L 58 February 28, 2006 3–5 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 27–26–5 L
March: 7–6–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–5–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 59 March 3, 2006 2–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 27–27–5 L 60 March 4, 2006 2–4 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 27–28–5 L 61 March 7, 2006 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 28–28–5 W 62 March 10, 2006 1–2 SO @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 28–28–6 OTL 63 March 11, 2006 5–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 29–28–6 W 64 March 14, 2006 5–4 SO Boston Bruins (2005–06) 30–28–6 W 65 March 16, 2006 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 30–29–6 L 66 March 18, 2006 2–5 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 30–30–6 L 67 March 19, 2006 1–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 31–30–6 W 68 March 21, 2006 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 32–30–6 W 69 March 23, 2006 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 32–31–6 L 70 March 25, 2006 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 32–32–6 L 71 March 26, 2006 4–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 33–32–6 W 72 March 28, 2006 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 34–32–6 W
April: 7–1–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 73 April 1, 2006 7–0 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 35–32–6 W 74 April 3, 2006 2–3 SO Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 35–32–7 OTL 75 April 5, 2006 3–2 New York Islanders (2005–06) 36–32–7 W 76 April 6, 2006 2–3 SO @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 36–32–8 OTL 77 April 8, 2006 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 37–32–8 W 78 April 11, 2006 6–5 OT Florida Panthers (2005–06) 38–32–8 W 79 April 13, 2006 4–3 OT @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 39–32–8 W 80 April 15, 2006 5–1 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 40–32–8 W 81 April 16, 2006 0–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 40–33–8 L 82 April 18, 2006 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 41–33–8 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

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
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
13	Mats Sundin	C	70	31	47	78	7	58
24	Bryan McCabe	D	73	19	49	68	−1	116
15	Tomas Kaberle	D	82	9	58	67	−1	46
16	Darcy Tucker	C	74	28	33	61	−12	100
41	Jason Allison	C	66	17	43	60	−18	76
10	Alexander Steen	C	75	18	27	45	−9	42
42	Kyle Wellwood	C	81	11	34	45	0	14
23	Alexei Ponikarovsky	LW	81	21	17	38	15	68
92	Jeff O'Neill	RW	74	19	19	38	−19	64
80	Nik Antropov	RW	57	12	19	31	13	56
18	Chad Kilger	C	79	17	11	28	−6	63
14	Matt Stajan	C	80	15	12	27	5	50
88	Eric Lindros	C	33	11	11	22	−3	43
28	Tie Domi	RW	77	5	11	16	−10	109
22	Ken Klee‡	D	56	3	12	15	−1	66
25	Alexander Khavanov	D	64	6	6	12	−11	60
39	Clarke Wilm	C	60	1	7	8	−15	43
8	Aki Berg	D	75	0	8	8	−5	56
45	Carlo Colaiacovo	D	21	2	5	7	0	17
37	Ian White	D	12	1	5	6	2	10
21	Mariusz Czerkawski‡	RW	19	4	1	5	−2	6
53	John Pohl	RW	7	3	1	4	2	4
3	Wade Belak	D	55	0	3	3	−13	109
22	Luke Richardson†	D	21	0	3	3	−1	41
48	Jeremy Williams	C	1	1	0	1	0	0
20	Ed Belfour	G	49	0	1	1		12
43	Jay Harrison	D	8	0	1	1	5	2
44	Staffan Kronwall	D	34	0	1	1	−3	14
56	Andy Wozniewski	D	13	0	1	1	−8	13
30	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	G	11	0	0	0		0
36	Brendan Bell	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
46	Ben Ondrus	LW	22	0	0	0	−10	18
26	Nathan Perrott‡	RW	3	0	0	0	−5	2
19	Aleksander Suglobov†	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
32	Mikael Tellqvist	G	25	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
20	Ed Belfour	49	22	22	4	1476	159	3.29	.892	0	2897
32	Mikael Tellqvist	25	10	11	2	697	73	3.13	.895	2	1399
30	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	11	9	0	2	330	25	2.22	.924	1	677

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Bryan McCabe (October 17)	[5]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Bryan McCabe (November 21)	[6]
Team	Molson Cup	Mats Sundin	[7]

Milestones

Ed Belfour passed Terry Sawchuk for second on the all-time wins list on December 19, 2005.^[8]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Alexander Steen	October 5, 2005	[9]
	Andy Wozniewski
	Staffan Kronwall	October 29, 2005
	Jay Harrison	January 28, 2006
	Ben Ondrus	March 7, 2006
	Brendan Bell	March 21, 2006
	Ian White	March 26, 2006
	Jeremy Williams	April 18, 2006
1,000th game played	Tie Domi	March 3, 2006	[10]

Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Carolina Hurricanes Conditional 4th-round pick in 2006	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff O'Neill	[12]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Pohl	[13]
November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	To Dallas Stars Nathan Perrott	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 6th-round pick in 2006[a]	[14]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional draft pick[b]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Richardson	[15]
	To New Jersey Devils Ken Klee	To Toronto Maple Leafs Aleksander Suglobov	[16]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	To Boston Bruins Rights to Petr Tenkrat	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th-round pick in 2006	[17]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Jason Allison	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[18]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Alexander Khavanov	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[19]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Eric Lindros	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[20]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Mike Hoffman	Cleveland Barons (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[21]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[22]
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)	Mariusz Czerkawski	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[23]
September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10)	Brad Brown	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[24]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	Alex Foster	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)		Free agency	[25]
April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)	Chris Harrington	University of Minnesota (WCHA)		Free agency	[26]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Joe Nieuwendyk	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	[28]
	Owen Nolan[d]		Release	[30][31]
	Gary Roberts	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	[28]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Brian Leetch	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[32]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Jason MacDonald	Boston Bruins	Free agency	[33]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Alexander Mogilny	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (III)	[34]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	Harold Druken	EHC Basel (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Regan Kelly	Sheffield Steelers (EIHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[36]
September 22, 2005 (2005-09-22)	Nathan Barrett	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[37]
January 25, 2006 (2006-01-25)	Karel Pilar	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency (II)[e]	[39]
March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	Mariusz Czerkawski	Boston Bruins	Waivers	[40]
April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26)	Aki Berg	HC TPS (Liiga)	Free agency	[41]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	John Mitchell	multi-year	Entry-level	[42]
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	Jeff O'Neill	multi-year	Re-signing	[12]
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Tie Domi	2-year	Re-signing	[43]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Staffan Kronwall	multi-year	Entry-level	[44]
	Alexander Steen	multi-year	Entry-level	[44]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Wade Belak	2-year	Re-signing	[45]
	Aki Berg	1-year	Re-signing	[45]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Nik Antropov	1-year	Re-signing	[46]
	Roman Kukumberg	1-year	Entry-level	[47]
	Clarke Wilm	1-year	Re-signing	[46]
September 7, 2005 (2005-09-07)	Alexei Ponikarovsky	2-year	Re-signing	[48]
September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Nathan Perrott		Re-signing	[49]
December 19, 2005 (2005-12-19)	Justin Pogge	3-year	Entry-level	[50]
February 11, 2006 (2006-02-11)	Tomas Kaberle	5-year	Extension	[51]
April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	1-year	Re-signing	[52]
April 15, 2006 (2006-04-15)	Robbie Earl	3-year	Entry-level	[53]
April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)	Chad Kilger	3-year	Re-signing	[54]
June 8, 2006 (2006-06-08)	Mikael Tellqvist	1-year	Option exercised	[55]

Draft picks

The 2005 NHL entry draft was the 43rd NHL entry draft. As a lockout cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore, the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.

• Toronto's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[56]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Tuukka Rask	Goaltender	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
3	82	Phil Oreskovic	Defence	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	153	Alex Berry	Right wing	United States	Bruins Jr. (EJHL)
6	173	Johan Dahlberg	Left wing	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jr. (Sweden)
7	216	Anton Stralman	Defence	Sweden	Skovde (Sweden 2)
7	228	Chad Rau	Centre	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

• The Maple Leafs farm club was the Toronto Marlies. In their first season, the Marlies had 41 wins, 29 losses, and posted 92 points for the season. The club finished in fourth place in the North Division. In the playoffs, the Marlies lost in the first round 4 games to 1 to Grand Rapids. Marc Moro was the team captain and Paul Maurice was the head coach.

The Maple Leafs were also affiliated with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL.^[57]

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

Notes

1. Toronto would have received a 2006 5th-round pick if Perrott played in more than half of Dallas’ remaining games.
2. Either Toronto’s 5th-round pick in 2006 or 4th-round pick in 2007. Columbus received the 2006 pick.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[27]
4. Nolan was inactive during the 2005–06 season.^[29]
5. Toronto retained Pilar’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[38]