Toronto Maple Leafs 2014-15 Season
Record: 30-44-8 – 68 points (Finished 7th in the Atlantic Division and 15th in the Eastern Conference)
Grade: D
Review: This is where the Toronto Maple Leafs took a turn for the worst, but it only lasted two years so it was not that bad. The team finished second last in their division, their conference, and fourth last in the whole league, but the winner of the upcoming NHL draft would select Connor McDavid, which the Oilers did.
The Toronto Maple Leafs really didn’t have much going for them this season nor did they in the next as well, so I’ll quickly give a small summary of what went down.
The team stunk… nothing else to say, the fired Randy Carlyle mid way through the season after him being there for about 3 and a half to 4 years. He ended coaching 40 games with a record of 21-16-3 and was replaced by intern head coach Peter Horachek who coached the remaining 42 games and ended up with a horrific record of 9-28-5.
Long story short like I said the Toronto Maple Leafs finished fourth last in the league and did not win the draft lottery but they did end up with the 4th overall pick, and with that pick the Maple Leafs selected the man the myth the Mountain Dew lover, Mitch Marner.
Some key players from this horrific year were the usuals, Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk, and Tyler Bozak, yet they all had down years which was expected with an overall record like this. (Stats from hockey-reference.com)