1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1984–85
Year:	1984
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conferencerank:	10th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	20–52–8
Goalsfor:	253
Goalsagainst:	358
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Rick Vaive (35)
Assistsleader:	Dan Daoust (37)
Pointsleader:	Rick Vaive (68)
Pimleader:	Bob McGill (250)
Winsleader:	Tim Bernhardt (13)
Gaaleader:	Tim Bernhardt (3.74)

The 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 68th season of the Toronto NHL franchise, the 58th season as the Maple Leafs. It was a miserable season as they finished last in the Norris Division and in the entire NHL with a 20–52–8 record for a total of 48 points, the worst record in the league and team history.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Offseason

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	4	Al Iafrate (D)		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2	25	Todd Gill (D)		Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	67	Jeff Reese (G)		London Knights (OHL)
5	88	Jack Capuano		Kent School (USHS-CT)
6	109	Fabian Joseph		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7	130	Joseph MacInnis		Watertown High School (USHS-MA)
8	151	Derek Laxdal		Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
9	172	Dan Turner		Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
10	192	David Buckley		Trinity-Pawling School (USHS-NY)
11	213	Mike Wurst		Ohio State University (CCHA)
12	233	Peter Slanina		VSZ Kosice (Czechoslovakia)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1984	1–0 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	2–0–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	L	October 17, 1984	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 19, 1984	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	L	October 20, 1984	3–12	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	W	October 24, 1984	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	3–4–0
8	T	October 26, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	3–4–1
9	L	October 27, 1984	3–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	3–5–1
10	L	October 31, 1984	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	3–6–1
11	L	November 3, 1984	0–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–7–1
12	L	November 5, 1984	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	3–8–1
13	T	November 7, 1984	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	3–8–2
14	T	November 10, 1984	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	3–8–3
15	L	November 11, 1984	6–7	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	3–9–3
16	L	November 14, 1984	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–10–3
17	L	November 17, 1984	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	3–11–3
18	W	November 19, 1984	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	4–11–3
19	L	November 21, 1984	1–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–12–3
20	L	November 23, 1984	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–13–3
21	L	November 24, 1984	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–14–3
22	L	November 27, 1984	1–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	4–15–3
23	T	November 30, 1984	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–15–4
24	L	December 1, 1984	1–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–16–4
25	L	December 4, 1984	6–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–17–4
26	L	December 5, 1984	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	4–18–4
27	T	December 8, 1984	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	4–18–5
28	L	December 9, 1984	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	4–19–5
29	W	December 12, 1984	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	5–19–5
30	L	December 14, 1984	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	5–20–5
31	L	December 15, 1984	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	5–21–5
32	L	December 17, 1984	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	5–22–5
33	L	December 21, 1984	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	5–23–5
34	W	December 22, 1984	6–4	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–23–5
35	L	December 26, 1984	0–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	6–24–5
36	L	December 27, 1984	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	6–25–5
37	L	December 29, 1984	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	6–26–5
38	L	January 2, 1985	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	6–27–5
39	L	January 5, 1985	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	6–28–5
40	L	January 7, 1985	4–7	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	6–29–5
41	L	January 9, 1985	3–5	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–30–5
42	W	January 13, 1985	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	7–30–5
43	W	January 16, 1985	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	8–30–5
44	W	January 19, 1985	6–1	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	9–30–5
45	T	January 22, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–30–6
46	L	January 24, 1985	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	9–31–6
47	L	January 26, 1985	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	9–32–6
48	W	January 27, 1985	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	10–32–6
49	W	January 30, 1985	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–32–6
50	T	February 1, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–32–7
51	L	February 2, 1985	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	11–33–7
52	L	February 5, 1985	1–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	11–34–7
53	L	February 6, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	11–35–7
54	W	February 9, 1985	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	12–35–7
55	W	February 10, 1985	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	13–35–7
56	L	February 14, 1985	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–36–7
57	L	February 16, 1985	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	13–37–7
58	W	February 17, 1985	5–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	14–37–7
59	L	February 19, 1985	4–9	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	14–38–7
60	L	February 21, 1985	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	14–39–7
61	W	February 23, 1985	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	15–39–7
62	L	February 25, 1985	3–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	15–40–7
63	W	February 27, 1985	6–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	16–40–7
64	W	March 2, 1985	4–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	17–40–7
65	L	March 5, 1985	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	17–41–7
66	L	March 6, 1985	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	17–42–7
67	L	March 9, 1985	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	17–43–7
68	L	March 13, 1985	3–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	17–44–7
69	L	March 14, 1985	0–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	17–45–7
70	L	March 16, 1985	1–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	17–46–7
71	W	March 18, 1985	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–46–7
72	L	March 20, 1985	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	18–47–7
73	T	March 22, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	18–47–8
74	W	March 24, 1985	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	19–47–8
75	W	March 27, 1985	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	20–47–8
76	L	March 30, 1985	3–9	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	20–48–8
77	L	March 31, 1985	5–7	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	20–49–8
78	L	April 3, 1985	7–9	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–50–8
79	L	April 6, 1985	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	20–51–8
80	L	April 7, 1985	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	20–52–8

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Playoffs

• The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	72	35	33	68	112	-26	13	0	2
	RW	75	32	31	63	27	-20	14	1	5
	C	62	31	31	62	21	-15	7	5	4
	RW	65	25	30	55	55	-7	5	0	1
	C	79	17	37	54	98	-27	1	3	2
	C	70	22	22	44	24	-26	8	0	1
	D	80	9	35	44	55	-39	6	0	2
	D	73	6	33	39	76	-26	3	0	0
	LW	72	14	17	31	20	-15	1	4	0
	RW	53	5	26	31	72	-12	3	0	0
	LW	73	12	13	25	38	-22	0	0	0
	RW	69	12	10	22	44	-23	0	2	1
	D	68	5	16	21	51	-19	3	0	0
	LW	32	5	15	20	26	1	1	0	0
	D	76	3	17	20	99	-37	0	0	0
	LW	68	8	4	12	209	-18	2	0	1
	D/LW	41	5	5	10	171	-17	2	0	1
	D	29	1	4	5	27	-6	0	0	0
	D	72	0	5	5	250	0	0	0	0
	LW	11	2	0	2	4	-3	0	0	0
	D	35	1	1	2	23	-25	0	0	0
	LW	18	1	1	2	2	-13	0	0	0
	C	12	1	1	2	16	-7	0	0	0
	G	37	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	2	2	0	-7	0	0	0
	D	27	0	2	2	32	-3	0	0	0
	D	10	1	0	1	13	-1	0	0	0
	G	15	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	17	0	1	1	24	-4	0	0	0
	C	26	0	1	1	2	-6	0	0	0
	G	23	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2182	37	13	19	4	136	3.74	0
	767	15	3	9	1	54	4.22	1
	628	11	2	9	0	54	5.16	0
	1278	23	2	15	3	103	4.84	0
Team:	4855	80	20	52	8	347	4.29	1

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984-85 season.

Trades

August 17, 1984	To Montreal Canadiens Dom Campedelli 4th round pick in 1986 - Kent Hulst	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Root 2nd round pick in 1986 - Darryl Shannon
February 14, 1985	To Montreal Canadiens Gaston Gingras	To Toronto Maple Leafs Larry Landon
May 29, 1985	To Calgary Flames 4th round pick in 1987 - Tim Harris	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Edwards

Waivers

October 9, 1984	To Edmonton Oilers Terry Martin
October 9, 1984	From Edmonton Oilers Jeff Brubaker

Free agents

Player Former Team Montreal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings Undrafted Free Agent Calgary Flames

Player New Team Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL)

Awards and honors

• Bill Derlago, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof . The Old . 2023-07-22 . Maple Leafs' 4 Worst Seasons in Team History . 2024-01-29 . The Hockey Writers . en-us.
2. Web site: Dimas . Filipe . A look back at some of the worst Maple Leafs records of all time . 2024-01-29 . TheLeafsNation . en.
3. Web site: Stellick . Gord . March 17, 2015 . Maple Leafs Revisionist History: 1984-85 misery . 2024-01-29 . www.sportsnet.ca . en.
4. Web site: House . Shane . The 10 Worst Maple Leafs Teams over the Past 30 Years . 2024-01-29 . Bleacher Report . en.
5. Web site: 1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .
6. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1984-85 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.