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== Players and personnel ==

=== Current roster ===
{{Toronto Maple Leafs roster}}

=== Team captains ===
In all, 25 individuals have served as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{notetag|Three individuals have served two tenures as team captain.}}{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}}<ref name="tav25" /> [[Ken Randall]] served as the team's first captain for two years beginning with the inaugural 1917–18 NHL season.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} [[John Ross Roach]] was the first goaltender to be named captain in the NHL, and the only goaltender to serve as the Leafs' captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/look-and-c-leafs-captains-over-the-years|title=Look and "C": Leafs captains over the years|work=torontosun |publisher=Toronto Sun|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> He was one of only six goalies in NHL history to have been officially recognized as the team captain. [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]] served as captain from 1958 through 1969 and was the longest-serving captain in the team's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/24-7/greatest-maple-leafs-no-14-george-armstrong/|title=Greatest Maple Leafs: No. 14 George Armstrong|work=Sportsnet|publisher=Rogers Digital Media|date=December 18, 2013|first=Arden|last=Zwelling|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215144106/http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/24-7/greatest-maple-leafs-no-14-george-armstrong/|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, Mats Sundin became the first non-Canadian to captain the Maple Leafs. His tenure as captain holds the distinction as the longest captaincy for a non-North American-born player in NHL history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundin's extended bio|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Sundin+extended/1092933/story.html|access-date=December 20, 2008|date=December 18, 2008|work=[[The Province]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130052651/http://www.theprovince.com/Sports/Sundin%20extended/1092933/story.html|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref> The most recent player named to the position was Auston Matthews on August 14, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Dave |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/auston-matthews-named-toronto-captain-replaces-john-tavares |title=Matthews named Maple Leafs captain, replaces Tavares |website=NHL.com |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref>

Three captains of the Maple Leafs have held the position at multiple points in their careers. Syl Apps' first tenure as the captain began from 1940 to 1943, before he stepped down and left the club to enlist in the Canadian Army. [[Bob Davidson (ice hockey)|Bob Davidson]] served as the Maple Leafs captain until Apps' return from the Army in 1945 and resumed his captaincy until 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep196101.shtml|title=One on One with Syl Apps|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|access-date=July 11, 2017|date=December 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803211609/https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep196101.shtml|archive-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> Ted Kennedy's first tenure as captain was from 1948 to 1955. He announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the 1954–55 season, with [[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]] succeeding him as captain.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} Although Kennedy missed the entire 1955–56 season, he came out of retirement to play the second half of the 1956–57 season. During that half-season, Kennedy served his second tenure as the Maple Leafs' captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/the-ted-kennedy-story/c-728250|title=The Ted Kennedy Story|work=Toronto Maple Leafs|publisher=Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment|date=August 14, 2014|access-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012146/https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/the-ted-kennedy-story/c-728250|archive-date=August 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Darryl Sittler was the third player to have been named the team's captain twice. As a result of a dispute between Sittler and the Maple Leafs' general manager [[Punch Imlach]], Sittler relinquished the captaincy on December 29, 1979. The dispute was resolved in the following off-season after a heart attack hospitalized Imlach. Sittler arranged talks with Ballard to resolve the issue, eventually resuming his captaincy on September 24, 1980.<ref>"Peace is wonderful, but ...," Frank Orr, ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 5, 1980, p. D1.</ref> No replacement captain was named during the interim period.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2016|p=240–241}}

[[File:Syl Apps.jpg|thumb|alt=Syl Apps skating with the Stanley Cup.|[[Syl Apps]] led the team to three Stanley Cups as captain from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1948. From 1943 to 1945, Apps was serving with the [[Canadian Army]].]]
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* [[Ken Randall]], 1917–1919
* [[Frank Heffernan]], 1919–1920
* [[Reg Noble]], 1920–1922
* [[Jack Adams]], 1922–1924
* [[John Ross Roach]], 1924–1925
* [[Babe Dye]], 1925–1926
* [[Bert Corbeau]], 1926–1927
* [[Hap Day]], 1927–1937
* [[Charlie Conacher]], 1937–1938
* [[Red Horner]], 1938–1940
* [[Syl Apps]], 1940–1943
* [[Bob Davidson (ice hockey)|Bob Davidson]], 1943–1945
* Syl Apps, 1945–1948
* [[Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)|Ted Kennedy]], 1948–1955
* [[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]], 1955–1956
* [[Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey, born 1927)|Jimmy Thomson]], 1956–1957
* Ted Kennedy, 1957
* [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]], 1958–1969
* [[Dave Keon]], 1969–1975
* [[Darryl Sittler]], 1975–1979, 1980–1982
* [[Rick Vaive]], 1982–1986
* [[Rob Ramage]], 1989–1991
* [[Wendel Clark]], 1991–1994
* [[Doug Gilmour]], 1994–1997
* [[Mats Sundin]], 1997–2008
* [[Dion Phaneuf]], 2010–2016
* [[John Tavares]], 2019–2024
* [[Auston Matthews]], 2024–present
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=== Head coaches ===
{{Main|List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches}}
[[File:Dick Carroll, Toronto Arenas.jpg|thumb|alt=Photographic portrait of Dick Carroll, first manager of the Arenas|[[Dick Carroll]] was the first coach for the club. He was the coach from 1917 to 1919. He won one Cup with the Arenas.]]
The Maple Leafs have had 41 head coaches (including four interim coaches).{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} The franchise's first head coach was Dick Carroll, who coached the team for two seasons.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} Several coaches have served as the Leafs head coach on multiple occasions. King Clancy was named the head coach on three occasions while Charles Querrie and Punch Imlach served the position on two occasions.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} [[Craig Berube]] is the current head coach. He was named coach on May 17, 2024.<ref name="517Berube" />

Punch Imlach coached the most regular season games of any Leafs' head coach with 770 games, and has the most all-time points with the Maple Leafs, with 865.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} He is followed by Pat Quinn, who coached 574 games, with 678 points all-time with the Maple Leafs.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} Both [[Mike Rodden]] and Dick Duff, have the fewest points with the Maple Leafs, with 0. Both were interim coaches who coached only two games each in 1927 and 1980 respectively, losing both games.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2018|p=175}} [[Sheldon Keefe]] earned the most points of any Leafs head coach in a single season, with 115 points during the [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22 season]]. Five Maple Leafs' coaches have been inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] as players, while four others were inducted as builders. Pat Burns is the only Leafs' head coach to win a [[Jack Adams Award]] with the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/04/25/maple-leafs-mike-babcock-has-claim-on-jack-adams-award.html|title=Maple Leafs' Mike Babcock has claim on Jack Adams Award|date=April 25, 2017|last=McGran|first=Kevin|access-date=July 1, 2017|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425230716/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/04/25/maple-leafs-mike-babcock-has-claim-on-jack-adams-award.html|archive-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref>

=== Draft picks ===
{{Main|List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks}}
In the [[1963 NHL amateur draft]], the NHL's inaugural draft, the Maple Leafs selected [[Walt McKechnie]], a centre from the [[London Nationals]] with their first pick, sixth overall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ones-upon-a-time-a-history-of-leafs-draft-picks/wcm/55e09d81-893d-4382-8b9f-25238ef2abe4|title=Ones upon a time: A history of Leafs' draft picks|last=Traikos|first=Michael|work=National Post |date=June 23, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2017}}</ref> Two Maple Leafs captains were obtained through the draft, [[Darryl Sittler]] in the [[1970 NHL amateur draft|1970 draft]]; as well as [[Wendel Clark]] in the [[1985 NHL entry draft|1985 draft]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992–93 NHL Season|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2012|last=Denault|first=Todd|pages=11–12|isbn=978-1-118-14580-7}}</ref> The Maple Leafs have drafted two players with a first overall draft pick; Clark in the 1985 draft, and [[Auston Matthews]] in the [[2016 NHL entry draft|2016 draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/03/28/leafs-focus-on-speed-and-getting-up-to-it-feschuk.html|title=Auston Matthews breaks Wendel Clark's rookie record: Feschuk|last=Feschuk|first=Dave|access-date=February 14, 2018|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|date=March 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072403/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/03/28/leafs-focus-on-speed-and-getting-up-to-it-feschuk.html|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable Maple Leafs draft picks and current players with the team are defenceman [[Morgan Rielly]] (fifth overall, [[2012 NHL entry draft|2012]]), and wingers [[William Nylander]] and [[Mitch Marner]] (eighth and fourth overall in [[2014 NHL entry draft|2014]] and [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015]] respectively). The team's most recent first round selection was [[Easton Cowan]], at 28th overall in the [[2023 NHL entry draft|2023 draft]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Easton Cowan, 28th pick in NHL draft, signs with Maple Leafs |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38168237/easton-cowan-28th-pick-nhl-draft-signs-maple-leafs |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 23, 2023 |date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>

===Announcers===
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had four PA announcers in their history. In addition Harold (Hap) Watson was the Toronto Arenas' announcer in 1929 before the team moved to Maple Leaf Gardens and became the Toronto Maple Leafs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kevinsheahockey.com/the-voices-of-the-toronto-maple-leafs/ | title=The Voices of the Toronto Maple Leafs | date=October 8, 2018}}</ref>
* Walter (Red) Barber (1931–1961){{NoteTag|Despite the similarity in names he is not the [[Red Barber]] who was the PA announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers and other US teams.|name=RP}}
* [[Paul Morris (PA announcer)|Paul Morris]] (1961–1999)
* [[Andy Frost (radio personality)|Andy Frost]] (1999–2016)
* [[Mike Ross (announcer)|Mike Ross]] (2016–present)