1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1940–41 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto franchise's 24th season of play.

Offseason
Conn Smythe was making preparations for his eventual tour of duty in Europe. He felt that Dick Irvin would not be strong enough to deal with player issues while he was gone and Smythe convinced the Montreal Canadiens to hire Irvin. Smythe hired Hap Day as coach.

Playoffs
The Maple Leafs took on the first-place Boston Bruins in the semi-finals. Boston would win the series four games to three. The Bruins would go on to win the Stanley Cup versus Detroit in four games.

Regular season

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

Playoffs

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

Transactions

 * May 10, 1940: Traded Murph Chamberlain to the Montreal Canadiens for $7,500
 * May 10, 1940: Traded Pep Kelly to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash
 * June 7, 1940: Acquired Frank Eddolls from the Montreal Canadiens for Joe Benoit
 * July 1, 1940: Acquired Chuck Shannon from the New York Americans for cash
 * October 20, 1940: Traded Chuck Shannon to the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash
 * October 22, 1940: Traded Phil Stein to the New Haven Eagles of the AHL for cash
 * October 31, 1940: Signed Free Agent Nick Knott
 * January 17, 1941: Acquired Jack Howard and Loan of Peanuts O'Flaherty from the New York Americans for Clarence Drouillard