Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe paine hutsva hwepamusoro-soro hunotungamirwa naBabcock naLamoriello, vese vanoremekedzwa zvikuru kutenderera muligi, Leafs vachitamba squad yakaramba isina kunaka uye zvakare yakapedza padhuze nepasi pezvigaro, ichipedzisa kufa kwekupedzisira muligi. Zvisinei, mwaka uyu wakaunza tariro sezvo William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Connor Brown, naZach Hyman (pamwe nevamwe) vakaita NHL yavo yekutanga. Kumwe kufungidzira kwakauya pakupera kwemwaka, sezvo Leafs yakahwina sarudzo yepamusoro mu2016 dhizaini
uye vakasarudza Auston Matthews nechisarudzo ichocho. Kaputeni wechikwata Dion Phaneuf akachinjirwawo kuOttawa Senators pakati pemwaka uye chinzvimbo chake semutungamiriri chaizoramba chisina basa kwemamwe mwaka mitatu.