Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 20 ga Mayu, 2015, Leafs ya sanar da daukar hayar da ake nema sosai Mike Babcock, gwarzon Stanley Cup kuma mai lambar zinare ta Olympics sau biyu tare da Team Canada, a matsayin sabon kocin kungiyar. Babcock ya amince da kwangilar shekaru 8, dala miliyan 50, ya zama kocin da aka fi biya a tarihin NHL. A kan kankara, Leafs, wanda Shanahan ya jagoranci (tare da Kyle Dubas na GM da Mark Hunter) sun tsara Mitch Marner na yankin Toronto na 4 a cikin shirin 2015
kuma ya yi musayar gaba Phil Kessel, Leafs'mai zira kwallaye a kowane kakar wasa 6 a kungiyar, zuwa Pittsburgh Penguins don kunshin wanda ya hada da zagaye na farko da kuma hangen nesa Kasperi Kapanen. A ranar 24 ga Yuli, 2015, Leafs sun yi hayar tsohon New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello don yin aiki iri ɗaya tare da Leafs.