Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da sabon tsarin mulki na kankara wanda Babcock da Lamoriello suka jagoranta, dukansu suna da daraja sosai a cikin gasar, tawagar wasan Leafs ta kasance mara kyau kuma ta sake gamawa kusa da kasa na matsayi, a zahiri ya gama karshe a gasar. Koyaya, kakar wasan ta kawo kyakkyawan fata yayin da annabawa William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Connor Brown, da Zach Hyman (da sauransu) suka fara buga NHL. Ƙarin kyakkyawan fata ya zo a ƙarshen kakar wasa, yayin da Leafs ya lashe lambar farko a cikin shirin 2016
kuma ya zaɓi Auston Matthews da wannan zaɓin. An kuma yi musayar kyaftin din kungiyar Dion Phaneuf zuwa Ottawa Senators a tsakiyar kakar wasa kuma matsayinsa na kyaftin din zai ci gaba da kasancewa har tsawon shekaru 3.