The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.
They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)[1] and are known as one of the Original Six teams of the league.
[3] From the 1919–20 season they were known as the Toronto St. Patricks,[4] until in February 1927 when the club was purchased by Conn Smythe.
[5] Smythe changed the name of the club to the Maple Leafs and they have been known by that name ever since.
[5][6] The franchise has had eighteen general managers since their inception.