Top 10: Toronto Maple Leafs of all-time
Leafs Nation hates to be reminded, but it’s been 43 years and counting since the Stanley Cup was last paraded down Yonge Street. And that means you won’t find many (or any) Buds from recent years below. Sorry, Mats. Sorry, even, Mr. Sittler. You guys just didn’t make the grade. Who did? Find out now. This is THN.com’s Top 10 Maple Leafs of all-time.
10. Borje Salming, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee 1996
9. Dave Keon, HHoF 1986
8. Babe Dye, HHoF 1970
7. Ted Kennedy, HHoF 1966
6. ‘Busher’ Jackson, HHoF 1971
5. ‘King’ Clancy, HHoF 1958
4. Tim Horton, HHoF 1977
3. Charlie Conacher, HHoF 1961
2. Frank Mahovlich, HHoF 1981
1. Syl Apps Sr, HHoF 1961
Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps was a great university football player and an Olympic pole-vaulter. He’s also known as the classiest guy to ever wear the Blue and White. He once offered to give back $1,000 of his $6,000 salary because he thought he was making too much and he enlisted in the army during World War II, costing him two years of NHL service. He was the league’s rookie of the year in 1937, was a five-time all-star and won the Lady Byng Trophy in 1942 after scoring 41 points in 38 games and not taking a single penalty. His son, Syl Apps Jr., played 11 NHL seasons; grandson Syl Apps III went to Princeton on a hockey scholarship and played minor pro; and, granddaughter Gillian Apps has won two Olympic gold medals in hockey with Canada and two golds and three silvers at the World Championship.
Leafs Nation hates to be reminded, but it’s been 43 years and counting since the Stanley Cup was last paraded down Yonge Street. And that means you won’t find many (or any) Buds from recent years below. Sorry, Mats. Sorry, even, Mr. Sittler. You guys just didn’t make the grade. Who did? Find out now. This is THN.com’s Top 10 Maple Leafs of all-time.
10. Borje Salming, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee 1996
9. Dave Keon, HHoF 1986
8. Babe Dye, HHoF 1970
7. Ted Kennedy, HHoF 1966
6. ‘Busher’ Jackson, HHoF 1971
5. ‘King’ Clancy, HHoF 1958
4. Tim Horton, HHoF 1977
3. Charlie Conacher, HHoF 1961
2. Frank Mahovlich, HHoF 1981
1. Syl Apps Sr, HHoF 1961
Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps was a great university football player and an Olympic pole-vaulter. He’s also known as the classiest guy to ever wear the Blue and White. He once offered to give back $1,000 of his $6,000 salary because he thought he was making too much and he enlisted in the army during World War II, costing him two years of NHL service. He was the league’s rookie of the year in 1937, was a five-time all-star and won the Lady Byng Trophy in 1942 after scoring 41 points in 38 games and not taking a single penalty. His son, Syl Apps Jr., played 11 NHL seasons; grandson Syl Apps III went to Princeton on a hockey scholarship and played minor pro; and, granddaughter Gillian Apps has won two Olympic gold medals in hockey with Canada and two golds and three silvers at the World Championship.
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