Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 20 ga Mayu, 2015, an nada Mike Babcock a matsayin sabon kocin, kuma a ranar 23 ga Yuni, an nada Lou Lamoriello a matsayin babban manajan 16 a tarihin kungiyar. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2015, Leafs ya tattara Kessel a cikin yarjejeniyar 'yan wasa da yawa zuwa Pittsburgh Penguins a musayar' yan wasan uku, gami da Kasperi Kapanen, zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na farko, da zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na uku. Har ila yau, Toronto ta riƙe dala miliyan 1.2 na albashin Kessel don sauran lokutan bakwai na kwantiraginsa. A lokacin kakar wasa ta gaba, a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 2016, Leafs ta tattara Phaneuf a cikin wani yarjejeniyar 'yan wasa da yawa, ta sayi' yan wasa hudu, da kuma dan wasa na biyu.
Zaɓin zagaye na biyu na 2017 daga Ottawa Senators. Teamungiyar ta gama ƙarshe a cikin NHL a karon farko tun lokacin kakar 1984/85 kuma ta sami damar kashi 20 cikin ɗari na cin nasarar zaɓar farko a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 2016. An kuma tabbatar musu da cewa ba za su zabi kasa da na hudu ba. Daga bisani suka ci nasara da zabin caca kuma suka yi amfani da zabin farko don zaɓar Auston Matthews.