The Maple Leafs improved their stable of young talent Friday night and Saturday at the 2017 NHL entry draft in Chicago, adding skill and depth at every position in selecting seven players over as many rounds.

Toronto's first pick came at No. 17 in the first round, and assistant GM and director of player personnel Mark Hunter stepped to the podium and announced the selection of Swedish defenceman Timothy Liljegren. The 18-year-old Kristianstad, Sweden native stands six-feet tall and scored one goal and four assists in 19 games with Rögle BK of the Swedish league last season. He suffered a bout of mononucleosis that limited his playing time, but had been extremely well-regarded long before that thanks to his ability to move the puck and think creatively on the ice. After being picked by the Buds, Liljegren said he expects to play the 2017-18 campaign back in Sweden, but is aiming to challenge for an NHL job after that.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced their schedule for the upcoming 2017-18 season, with this year's campaign commencing in Winnipeg on Wednesday, October 4 before the team holds its home opener at Air Canada Centre against the New York Rangers on Saturday, October 7. Toronto wraps up their 2017-18 campaign on home ice on April 7, 2018 against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Maple Leafs will host the Carolina Hurricanes at 2 p.m. on December 19, 2017, commemorating exactly 100 years since the Toronto Arenas played the first game in franchise history on December 19, 1917, as part of the first game day in NHL history. Additional details on the club's plans to commemorate this historic occasion will be made available at a future date.  

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As the Las Vegas Golden Knights prepare to stock their roster in Wednesday's expansion draft, the Maple Leafs are ready for anything that comes their way: the loss of a player - every NHL franchise must have one player selected by the league's newest team - or more significant moves made as teams shake up their own rosters. But as an Original Six club, the Leafs are accustomed to the process of losing a talent or two to the league's new organizations. In fact, over the past half-century of NHL expansion drafts, some notable Leafs legends have been involved with the process.

NEW YORK (May 29, 2017) -The National Hockey League announced today that The Washington Capitals will play host to the Toronto Maple Leafs outdoors at the 2018 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. on March 3, 2018. Over the next several years, the League plans to stage a series of outdoor games at the venues of the other respective U.S. Service Academies.

The Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs have faced each other in 141 regular-season games since 1974-75, with Capitals holding a 24-point edge (WSH 71-54-16-158; TOR 60-67-14-134). The Capitals and Maple Leafs lone post-season matchup took place during the First Round of the 2017 Stanley Cup® Playoffs, won by Washington in six games. All six games were decided by one goal, with five contests going to overtime.

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Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) and the Toronto Maple Leafs are pleased to announce that the 2017 Rookie Tournament will take place at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto from September 8-10, 2017. This year's tournament, which marks the start of a new Centennial for the Toronto Maple Leafs, will feature the franchise's top prospects as well as prospect teams from Canadian rivals, Montréal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators. Each team will play two games beginning Friday, September 8.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that the hockey club has signed free agent defencemen Calle Rosén and Andreas Borgman to two-year entry level contracts.

MapleLeafs.com recently asked team photographer Mark Blinch to share with us his favourite photos from the 2016-17 season and tell us the story behind how they came to be. The 12 images selected cover goals and hits, celebration and concentration and provide a great insight into Blinch's work and the season that was. 

"This picture was taken using an overhead remote camera. We install these cameras three hours prior to a game in the roof of the ACC by clamping it to a catwalk rail. The goal of shooting from this angle is to produce a nice graphical top-down view of the game and so you can see into the net when a goal is scored." - Mark Blinch

The 25-year-old blueliner just completed his first NHL season after growing his game in his native Russia for the previous seven years, and Toronto GM Lou Lamoriello was more than pleased at what he saw from Zaitsev in his transition season to the North American brand of the sport.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Ben Smith to a one-year contract worth $650,000.