Toronto Maple Leafs 2024 Stanley Cup Odds
No other NHL team has produced so little for so much fan support and revenue than the Toronto Maple Leafs. And that may be part of the problem. Maple Leaf fans continue to fill the barn, paying ridiculous prices to do so. The late owner, Harold Ballard, used to sneer at Leaf fans, saying they’ll continue to sell out games even if they lose. It turns out Ballard isn’t wrong. Toronto’s last Stanley Cup championship was in 1967, the last year of the Original Six before the Great Expansion. There is no indication yet that in 2023-24, that is going to change. The Maple Leafs remain an entitled country club of soft, entitled, and unaccountable players.
2024 Stanley Cup Betting Odds
Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Toronto Maple Leafs are 24-14-8 straight up and 19-20-1 over/under the total. Also, Toronto is 1st in the Eastern Conference wild card playoff standings. Detroit is one point behind the Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference wild card playoff race. Late on Toronto has covered three out of their last eight games. While the Maple Leafs have gone under the total in four of its previous six matchups. Toronto has NHL rankings of 8th for goals scored and 9th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Maple Leafs have NHL rankings of 21st for goals against and 27th for penalty killing.
The Maple Leafs showed defensive improvement over the previous two seasons but are taking the backcheck off this campaign. They play a form of offensive pond hockey that is fun to watch but irresponsible and incapable of winning a Stanley Cup.
Toronto Maple Leafs Key Players
C Auston Matthews is the marquee man on the Leafs with 38 goals and 18 assists in his first 44 games. Matthews was the first overall pick of the 2016 NHL Draft and has played his entire career for Toronto. In 481 career games, Matthews has 299 goals, 243 assists, and 542 points. Matthews is a seven-time All-Star, including this season. He was the 2022 Hart Memorial Trophy winner as the NHL MVP.
Morgan Relly is the Leafs’ top defenseman and one of the best power play quarterbacks in the NHL. Reilly was the 5th overall pick of the 2012 Draft and has played his entire career with Toronto. Reilly is a 2024 NHL All-Star.
Toronto Maple Leafs Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Martin Jones had a respectable .911 save percentage to start the season. Jones was undrafted and began his career in 2013-14 for the Los Angeles Kings, where he was part of a Stanley Cup championship. This is Jones’ first season in Toronto.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
50 |
21 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Second Round, 1–4 (Panthers) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
54 |
21 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Lightning) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
35 |
14 |
1st, North |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Canadiens) |
| 2019–20 |
70 |
36 |
25 |
3rd, Atlantic |
Lost in Qualifying Round, 2–3 (Blue Jackets) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
46 |
28 |
3rd, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Bruins) |
Toronto Maple Leafs History
The Toronto Maple Leafs have won 13 Stanley Cup championships, but none since 1967. They were founded in 1917 as an “Original Six” franchise. Famous stars like Johnny Bower, Ace Bailey, Red Kelly, King Clancy, Tim Horton, George Armstrong, Dave Keon, and Darryl Sittler have won the Maple Leaf sweater.
1967 was the final Original Six season before the Great Expansion in which the NHL doubled in six from six to 12 teams. The fact that the Leafs have not won a championship in the expansion era is a source of great embarrassment to a historical organization and a fan base that rubs many the wrong way as entitled and arrogant.
The Maple Leafs have used skill and offense to entertain and earn high seeds in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the past several seasons. But the Maple Leafs showed their lack of toughness, grit, defense, and goaltending with annual playoff flops. Toronto fans always believe that this year will be different. And their money is plentiful enough to change the betting lines. But Wise Guys will use the adage about the definition of insanity, which is to expect a different result by doing the same thing repeatedly.
As the most valuable franchise in the NHL, the Maple Leafs are the most popular team in Canada and on the board.
Retired Maple Leaf numbers include goalies Turk Broda and Johnny Bower #1, defenseman Hap Day and center Red Kelly #4, defenseman Bill Barilko #5, right wing Ace Bailey #6, defensemen King Clancy and Tim Horton #7, right wing Charlie Conacher and center Ted Kennedy #9, center Syl Apps and right wing George Armstrong #10, center Mats Sundin #13, center Dave Keon #14, left wing Wendel Clark #17, defenseman Borje Salming #21, left wing Frank Mahovlich and center Darryl Sittler #27, and center Doug Gilmour #93.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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