Saganiuk won the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the 1978–79 AHL season, playing for the New Brunswick Hawks. He then spent three full seasons with the Leafs. Saganiuk was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1983 but came back to Toronto in 1984. After retiring from the NHL due to injuries, Saganiuk went to Great Britain in 1987. He spent nine years there as both a player and coach.