Which Former Leaf would you want?

Which of these five former Leafs would you most like to have on your teams roster? (In their prime)

Give some reasoning, I'm just bored, and was curious who people would want.

EDIT: And yes, I did intentionally leave off some players who were arguably better than these guys.

I think I'd take Salming

I think I'd take Salming

It was either Clark or Salming for me. I just don't have the background into Salmings play enough to pick him, whereas I saw Clark play, and he was fantastic.

Gimme the Big M.

I know he's not on your list, but he was arguably the best player they ever had.

Salming's the pick of this litter by a fair bit in my books. He is WAY underappreciated for his work on the Leafs blueline. He deserves a medal as well for living that long under the Ballard nightmare....

Salming's the pick of this litter by a fair bit in my books. He is WAY underappreciated for his work on the Leafs blueline. He deserves a medal as well for living that long under the Ballard nightmare....

I don't think too may of us Leafs fans undervalue him. Now, maybe that's because I never saw him, and he was much better than I've been lead to believe, however it's my oppinion he deserves the tag of one of the top 3 greatest Leafs defenders.

Wendal Clark

The Big M, but from that list..... Doug Gilmour

Darryl Sittler

I'll take Clark

Salming's the pick of this litter by a fair bit in my books. He is WAY underappreciated for his work on the Leafs blueline. He deserves a medal as well for living that long under the Ballard nightmare....
Ballard loved Salming---"he wouldn't trade him, even for God", Ballard once bellowed.

It wasn't a nightmare at all for him.....

Upon hearing this Ian Turnbull suggested God and a first round pick and found himself sent to hockey purgatory in a deal with the Kings.

Clark.

Wendel Clark.

Ballard loved Salming---"he wouldn't trade him, even for God", Ballard once bellowed.

It wasn't a nightmare at all for him.....

Upon hearing this Ian Turnbull suggested God and a first round pick and found himself sent to hockey purgatory in a deal with the Kings.


So being loved by the devil made the hockey hell that was the leafs organization fun???? :dunno:

Going with Doug Gilmour. Was dominant during the Leafs back to back conference runs in 1993 and 1994. Great 2 way player in his prime.

doug gilmour

If injuries are not a factor I'd go with Wendal Clark, if they are I'd go with Douggy.

Lanny. He was an elite winger and every bit as fearless and talented as anybody else on that list. He brought so much more to the ice than just goals, and he brought plenty of those too.
I'm a bit surprised to see Wendel clark get so many votes though. Everybody on the list was a better player than him.

Wendel Clark
He could do it all.

Lanny, of course we got him from the Leafs for a while.

Wendel Clark
He could do it all.

I never thought you'd vote for him.

It's hard for me to think of Wendel Clark without thinking of Doug Gilmour and visa versa. I know people love Sundin, and Wendel's career was winding down when the trade was made for him, but breaking up the Clark/Gilmour partnership sapped that awesome early 90's team of it's soul and they really have never returned to that kind of form. I thought, and still do think, it was an awefull trade. You could hear the excitement go out of the entire city of Toronto when the trade went down. It sounded good, maybe it was the smartest thing to do, but it took a lot of joy out of watching the Leafs for me personally.
-HckyFght!

Ballard loved Salming---"he wouldn't trade him, even for God", Ballard once bellowed.

It wasn't a nightmare at all for him.....

Upon hearing this Ian Turnbull suggested God and a first round pick and found himself sent to hockey purgatory in a deal with the Kings.

I always felt that,when he put his mind to it,Turnbull was better than Salming.Granted,he didn`t put his mind to it very often,but everynow and then he would show flashes of talent that Salming could never match.I`ll never forget in `78,after Salming got knocked out of the lineup with that eye injury,how great Turnbull was in that series against the Islanders.Best player on the team in that series,except for maybe Palmateer.

I went with Lanny McDonald. He was a great two-way player. He brought great leadership to his teams as well. I don't think I even have to mention his mustache that made him look like General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

Borje Salming would also be a great choice.

Tough call, but I went with Gilmour by an eyelash over Salming. For a couple of years, Gilmour was the best player in the league and certainly made the Leafs far more dangerous than they were before or after. But Salming was one of the greatest, smoothest defensemen ever in the NHL, and pretty nifty with the puck in his early days, so...

Clark doesn't even show up on my radar as a "great" Leaf player.

Wendel Clark