Toronto Maple Leafs' All-Time Top 10 Greats

It has come to this in the 2008-2009 season. 

Leaf fans try to find excitement in a meaningless game against a team from Columbus, hoping that a goalie who has been mediocre in the AHL will show signs of being a franchise goalie for the future.

Perhaps this is a good time to look back at the all-time great Leafs. 

For the purposes of this article we will focus on the greatest Leafs of the Last 50 years (1959-2009). 

This allows us to go far enough back to include actual Cup winners, while setting  aside Hall of Famers like Broda, Kennedy, Conacher and Apps—great players from another era who most of us have only seen in grainy video images.

The list is based on their contributions to the Leafs, not overall careers, and of course playoffs and winning are key.  And so...

#10    Reserved for the Leaf player you believe should have made the list

#9      Dougie Gilmour

#8      Bob Pulford

#7      Mats Sundin

#6      Frank Mahovlich 

#5      Borje Salming

#4      Johnny Bower

#3      Tim Horton

#2      Darryl Sittler

#1      Dave Keon

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