The Toronto Maple Leafs chose Czech Defenseman Tomas Kaberle in the Eighth Round of the 1996 NHL Draft, and it turned out to be a steal.

Kaberle first played for the Maple Leafs in the 1998-99 season, and before long, he was the team's top blueliner.  Kaberle scored at least 40 Points seven times for Toronto, peaking at 67 in 2005-06.  A four-time All-Star, Kaberle was excellent on the power play and had 520 Points over his tenure with the Maple Leafs.

Kaberle was traded to Boston during the 2010/11 Season and would win a Stanley Cup that year with the Bruins.  As a Leaf, Kaberle scored 520 Points.

Sid Smith spent all 12 of his NHL campaigns with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it can be argued that his contributions have not received their proper due in Hogtown.

Smith was signed in December of 1946, but played sparingly and was not on the roster when Toronto won the Cup that year.  He was a minor help in their 1948 Cup, but the Left Wing was a big part of the 1949 Stanley Cup, Toronto's third in a row.  

Smith continued to improve, winning another Stanley Cup in 1951 but earning Second Team All-Star honors that year and finishing atop the leaderboard in Power Play Goals (12).  The Left Wing did not win another Cup, but his individual honors continued, with two Lady Byngs (1952 & 1955), another Second Team All-Star (1952), and a First Team Selection in 1955.

Injuries piled up, and Smith retired after the 1957-58 season with 369 Points and only 90 Penalty Minutes.

Bob Pulford played his junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros, where he helped them win two Memorial Cups.  The winning ways would continue in the same city when he signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team he played the first 14 of his 16 NHL seasons.

Pulford played at Left Wing, where he proved to be a consistent presence on the lower lines.  Pulford had four 20-Goal seasons, three of which saw him exceed 50 Points.  His greatest asset to the Leafs was his penalty killing, as few in the 1960s were better at playing hockey a man down than Pulford.  Leading the NHL in Short-Handed Goals three times, Pulford had 28 of his 251 Goals with the Buds, with his team at a disadvantage.  His efforts helped Toronto win four Stanley Cups in the 1960s, and he led all skaters in Assists (10) in the 1967 Playoffs.

After he stopped playing, he would become a successful coach and executive for the Chicago Blackhawks, winning the Jack Adams Award as the Coach of the Year in 1975.

Pulford was chosen for the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.

Ron Ellis played 1,034 Games in the National Hockey League, all of which were in the blue and white of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ellis played in one game in the 1963-64 Season and was then a fixture at Right Wing for years to come.  Aiding the Maple Leafs in securing the 1967 Stanley Cup, Ellis had at least 42 Points each year from 1965-66 to 1974-75, with the last year seeing Ellis score a career-high 61 Points.  Ellis abruptly retired after that year, allegedly upset that he was passed over for the captaincy in favor of Darryl Sittler.  That lasted two seasons before he returned for three more years, retiring after the 1980-81 Season with 640 career Points.