The Toronto Maple Leafs that have taken the ice for the 2024-25 season are quite different than the team that hit the ice last season. There is a whole new coaching staff featuring 2019 Stanley Cup champion Craig Berube as head coach, with former New York Islanders head coach, Lane Lambert as an associate coach. The new staff also has assistant coach Marc Savard behind the bench.
In terms of on-ice personnel, the Toronto Maple Leafs made a massive addition to the club’s blueline by adding Chris Tanev, as well as several other minor ones.
The Leafs swapped out Ilya Samsonov for Anthony Stolarz to possibly form a tandem with Joseph Woll. The Leafs let go of Martin Jones as well, but they stuck with the surprisingly healthy Matt Murray as their number-three.
Up front, there were minimal changes aside from losing Tyler Bertuzzi, and adding a couple fourth liners to the team.
Stanley cup champion Steven Lorentz, and Max Pacioretty, both hopeful to bring veteran presence and some depth scoring ability. Many people felt that the team would be better served by adding a more prominent forward but so far, things seem to be going well with the two of them.
Looking at the moves in totality, there was a clear emphasis on size, veteran presence, and Championship pedigree. In fact, Treliving added three 2024 Stanley cup winners with the additions of Lorentz, Ekman-Larsson, and Stolarz.
With all that said, let's look at the players who have performed the best on the team so far.