Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Toronto Maple Leafs.
As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Maple Leafs made the playoffs but were again bounced in the first round. Toronto might be an Original Six team with over a century of history, but last season brought us two new entries and one gigantic leap, though none of these affected the top fifteen.
As always, we present our top five:
1. Syl Apps
2. Turk Broda
3. Tim Horton
You can find the entire list here.
The colossal jump that we mentioned earlier was Auston Matthews, who last year won the Hart Trophy, the Ted Lindsay Award, the Rocket Richard Award, and showed that he was the best player in hockey in 2021-22. The American Center skyrocketed from #42 to #18.
Right Wing, Mitch Marner debuts at #42. He has been named a First Team All-Star the last two seasons.
Defenseman, Morgan Rielly also makes his first appearance at #46.
The additions of Marner and Rielly knock Phil Kessel and Gus Mortson off the list.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
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