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The 2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season began October 4, 2007. It is the 91st season of the franchise, 81st season as the Maple Leafs. In an effort to return to the playoffs in 2007–08, the Leafs made two significant moves during the off-season. The first was to acquire goaltender Vesa Toskala, along with Mark Bell from the San Jose Sharks for three draft picks.〔(Leafs get Toskala and Bell from Sharks ), TSN.ca, June 22, 2007〕 Toronto also signed free agent Jason Blake to a five-year, $20 million contract. Blake topped the 40-goal mark for the first time in 2006–07.〔(http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212474&hubname ), TSN.ca, July 1, 2007〕 With the Leafs struggling in the Northeast Division, the future of John Ferguson, Jr.'s tenure as general manager has been widely debated after Team President Richard Peddie admitted that hiring Ferguson was "a mistake."〔(Peddie: Hiring Ferguson was a mistake ), TSN.ca, November 27, 2007〕 According to TSN, the Leafs asked former Toronto GM Cliff Fletcher to serve as interim GM early in January.〔McKenzie, Bob, (Leafs ask Fletcher about interim GM job ), TSN.ca, January 14, 2008〕 On January 22, it was announced that Ferguson's time with the club had ended, as the board of directors at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment voted to make a change. Fletcher was named interim general manager of the team.〔(Sources: Ferguson's tenure as GM over ), TSN.ca, January 22, 2008〕 Defenceman Tomáš Kaberle was selected to represent the Maple Leafs and the Eastern Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia.〔(2008 Eastern Conference All-Stars ), NHL.com〕 He hit all four targets in four shots to become the winner of the accuracy competition. ==Regular season== On October 8, 2007, newly-acquired winger Jason Blake announced that he had chronic myelogenous leukemia, a treatable form of cancer. He continued playing during treatment. In mid-November 2007, Jiri Tlusty was caught in a scandal when nude photos of him appeared on the Internet. Tlusty apologized for this incident and admitted he made a mistake. The Maple Leafs struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing an NHL-high 77 power-play goals.〔http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2008.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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