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===Toronto Maple Leafs=== The following off-season, on June 24, 2006, Raycroft was traded to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in exchange for the rights to Finnish goaltending prospect [[Tuukka Rask]].<ref name=hockeygoalies/> It was later revealed the Bruins intended to release him, which would have made him available to Toronto without any compensation at all.<ref name="Pogge_instead">{{cite news |author=Simmons, Steve |date=June 9, 2013 |title=Simmons: Bruins would have taken Pogge instead of Rask from Maple Leafs for Raycroft |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/08/simmons-imagine-if-the-bruins-got-pogge-instead-of-rask |newspaper=The Toronto Star |access-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> He began playing for the Maple Leafs in the [[2006β07 NHL season|2006β07 season]] and earned his first shutout and win as a Leaf in a 6-0 victory against the [[Ottawa Senators]] on October 5, 2006.<ref name=hockeygoalies/> On April 3, 2007, Raycroft tied the Leafs' franchise record for most wins by a goaltender in the regular season (37), previously held by [[Ed Belfour]] in [[2002β03 NHL season|2002β03]] (Raycroft played more games than Belfour and earned three shootout wins, which did not exist prior to the 2005β06 season).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.globesports.com/nhl/playerstats.asp?id=2150 |title=Hockey |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=2007-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215838/http://stats.globesports.com/nhl/playerstats.asp?id=2150 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> Despite this record, he finished 49th in GAA and 56th in save percentage as the Leafs failed to qualify for the playoffs. Raycroft struggled at the start of the [[2007β08 NHL season|2007β08 season]] and surrendered the starting position to [[Vesa Toskala]]. The Leafs then placed him on waivers on June 24, 2008,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241542&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl | title = Maple Leafs Place Wellwood, Raycroft on Waivers | publisher = [[The Sports Network|TSN]] | access-date = 2008-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080627111430/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241542&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl | archive-date = 2008-06-27 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and bought out the remainder of his contract on June 27.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241817&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl | title = Leafs place Raycroft on Unconditional Waivers | publisher = [[The Sports Network|TSN]] | access-date = 2008-06-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090809185125/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241817&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl | archive-date = 2009-08-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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