Editing Toronto Maple Leafs (section)

{{Short description|National Hockey League team in Ontario, Canada}}
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{{Infobox NHL team
| CAN_eng = 1
| team_name = Toronto Maple Leafs
| current = 2024–25 Toronto Maple Leafs season
| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF !important; border-top:#00205B 5px solid !important; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid !important;
| text_color = #000000
| logo_image = Toronto Maple Leafs 2016 logo.svg
| conference = [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern]]
| division = [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic]]
| founded = 1917
| history = '''[[Toronto Arenas]]'''<br />[[1917–18 NHL season|1917]]–[[1918–19 NHL season|1919]]<br />'''[[Toronto St. Patricks]]'''<br />[[1919–20 NHL season|1919]]–[[1926–27 NHL season|1927]]<br />'''Toronto Maple Leafs'''<br />[[1926–27 NHL season|1927]]–present
| arena = '''[[Scotiabank Arena]]'''
| city = [[Toronto, Ontario]]
| uniform_image = ECA-Uniform-TOR.PNG
| uniform_image_size = 300px
| team_colors = Blue, white<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ledra|first1=Cristina|last2=Pickens|first2=Pat|title=NHL team nicknames explained|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-team-nickname-origins-explained/c-283976168|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L.P.|website=NHL.com|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2019|quote=Conn Smythe bought the Toronto St. Pats in 1927 after the franchise almost had been sold to a group in Philadelphia. He immediately changed the name of the team to the Maple Leafs to honor Canada's soldiers who wore the Maple Leaf while fighting during World War I. "We chose it ... hoping that the possession of this badge would mean something to the team that wore it and when they skated out on the ice with this badge on their chest ... they would wear it with honor and pride and courage, the way it had been worn by the soldiers of the first Great War in the Canadian Army," said Smythe, who also changed the team's colors from green and white to blue and white.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/team/history|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L.P.|website=MapleLeafs.com|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><br />{{colour box|#00205B}} {{colour box|#FFFFFF}}
| media_affiliates = [[Sportsnet Ontario]]<br />[[TSN4]]<br />''[[Sportsnet 590 The Fan]]'' <br />''[[TSN Radio 1050]]'' <!-- Please do not add national networks here -->
| owner = [[Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment]]<br />([[Keith Pelley]], president & CEO)
| general_manager = [[Brad Treliving]]
| head_coach = [[Craig Berube]]
| captain = [[Auston Matthews]]
| minor_league_affiliates = [[Toronto Marlies]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])<br>
[[Cincinnati Cyclones]] ([[ECHL]])
| stanley_cups = '''13'''<!--Please discuss in talk page before changing this figure--> ([[1918 Stanley Cup Finals|1917–18]], [[1922 Stanley Cup Finals|1921–22]], [[1932 Stanley Cup Finals|1931–32]], [[1942 Stanley Cup Finals|1941–42]], [[1945 Stanley Cup Finals|1944–45]], [[1947 Stanley Cup Finals|1946–47]], [[1948 Stanley Cup Finals|1947–48]], [[1949 Stanley Cup Finals|1948–49]], [[1951 Stanley Cup Finals|1950–51]], [[1962 Stanley Cup Finals|1961–62]], [[1963 Stanley Cup Finals|1962–63]], [[1964 Stanley Cup Finals|1963–64]], [[1967 Stanley Cup Finals|1966–67]])
| conf_titles = '''0'''
| presidents'_trophies = '''0'''{{notetag|The [[Presidents' Trophy]] was not introduced until [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]. Had the trophy existed since league inception, the Maple Leafs franchise would have won six Presidents' Trophies. The winning seasons would have included [[1917–18 NHL season|1917–18]], [[1920–21 NHL season|1920–21]], [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]], [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]], and [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]].}}
| division_titles = '''7'''<!-- Please do not add playoff titles here; they are for regular season standings only --> ([[1932–33 NHL season|1932–33]], [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]], [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]], [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]], [[2020–21 NHL season|2020–21]], [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25]])
| website = {{URL|nhl.com/mapleleafs}}
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The '''Toronto Maple Leafs<!--This is the correct spelling-->''' (officially the '''Toronto Maple Leaf<!--This is singular--> Hockey Club''' and often referred to as the '''Leafs''') are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Toronto]]<!--No need to state country-->. The Maple Leafs compete in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) as a member of the [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic Division]] in the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]]. The club is owned by [[Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment]], a company that owns several professional sports teams in the city, while the team's broadcasting rights are split between [[BCE Inc.]] and [[Rogers Communications]].

The club was founded as the [[Toronto Arenas]] for the inaugural [[1917–18 NHL season]] and rebranded to the [[Toronto St. Patricks]] after two years. [[Conn Smythe]] renamed the franchise to the Maple Leafs after buying it in 1927. The team played home games at the [[Mutual Street Arena]] for its first 14 seasons before moving to [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] in 1931. Since February 1999, the Maple Leafs play at [[Scotiabank Arena]], which was formerly known as ''Air Canada Centre.''

Toronto has won more [[Stanley Cup]] championships and played more NHL seasons than any team other than the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. The club had two recognized [[Dynasty (sports)#Ice hockey|dynasties]] which spanned the [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]] to [[1950–51 NHL season|1950–51]] seasons and the [[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]] to [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]] seasons, during which the Leafs won a combined eight of eleven Stanley Cup championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmltimecapsule/dyntm00.shtml|title=Dynasties|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2017|access-date=July 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716063210/http://hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/dyntm00.shtml|archive-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25435|title=Stanley Cup Dynasties|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=July 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428113733/http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25435|archive-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> These successes were followed by an extended championship drought, which at 57 seasons<!--update manually as the NHL season does not coincide with the calendar year as explained in the note-->{{notetag|The number of seasons does not coincide with the calendar year because no Stanley Cup was awarded in [[2004–05_NHL_season|2004–05]].}} is [[List of NHL franchise post-season droughts|the longest in league history]]. The Maple Leafs have [[National Hockey League rivalries|rivalries]] with the [[Boston Bruins]], [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[Detroit Red Wings]], the Montreal Canadiens, and the [[Ottawa Senators]]. The team's [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate is the [[Toronto Marlies]].

Several individuals who hold an association with the club have been inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. Nineteen players have had their [[Retired number|numbers retired]] by the Maple Leafs, including the first in professional sports.