Actually, the first jersey I got as a kid was a Toronto Maple Leaf. I still have a picture when I’m...

Actually, the first jersey I got as a kid was a Toronto Maple Leaf. I still have a picture when I’m seven years old wearing it.

-Jonas Gustavsson

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/894839--gustavsson-to-start-for-leafs-with-injured-giguere-out

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I thought this was interesting. It shows just how popular the leafs are.

by theninjagreg on Nov 22, 2010 4:47 PM EST reply actions

The city is unbelievable too and the fans are great. I can keep going and going. It wasn’t a tough decision.

I love that he said it wasn’t even a tough decision.

by ShahofToronto on Nov 22, 2010 5:22 PM EST reply actions

PICTURES OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN, GUS.

20 miles to Legoland!

by nhlcheapshot on Nov 22, 2010 5:56 PM EST reply actions

hahaha

YEAH, LIAR. HOW DO WE KNOW YOU DON’T SAY THAT TO ALL THE TEAMS WHEN WE’RE NOT AROUND??!?!?

by Death_By_Leafs on Nov 23, 2010 3:10 AM EST up reply actions

He’s quickly becoming my favourite Leafs goalie ever (I don’t have many memories of Cujo and less of Belfour)

I miss Mats.

by Leafer87 on Nov 22, 2010 6:41 PM EST reply actions

Then you obviously don’t remember Felix ‘The Cat’ Potvin.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Nov 22, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions

Every single one of my friends had the exact same 2 pictures in their room when I was a kid:
1x Felix ‘The Cat’ Potvin and 1x Doug Gilmour. Both were about 8×11 and mounted on hard black corkboard.

I think those hung on my wall until 1998, 1999.

by Death_By_Leafs on Nov 23, 2010 3:12 AM EST up reply actions

When they were stolen from your home, I assume?

The experiment failed: Get rid of the trapezoid.

by Bower Power on Nov 23, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions

painted my room and started putting up posters of bands, wrestlers, movies, etc… high school stuff, you know?

It was actually the lull in my NHL watching.. HNIC if I was around but not much else. Then by grade 12 I was back into it & university… and then the lockout hit

by Death_By_Leafs on Nov 23, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions

I had that.
I also had the one with Burns, Gilmour, Clark, and one other guy dressed in leathers with motorcycles.

The Leafs are my Rushmore
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Nov 23, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions

Of course, the pickings have been rather slim the past few years to say the least.

Professional cusser causer.

by T is for Truculence on Nov 23, 2010 1:04 AM EST up reply actions

Please...There's no comparison based on who's left in your memory bank.

He’s ~~quickly becoming~~ my favourite Leafs goalie ever (I ~~don’t~~ only have many memories of ~~Cujo and less of Belfour~~ Raycroft and Toskala)

Fixed.

by Death_By_Leafs on Nov 23, 2010 3:15 AM EST up reply actions

Wow you’re young.

I was 6 in ‘93, but still remember Felix The Cat. He was wicked all around, and he kicked Hextall’s ass.Cujo was awesome, and Belfour was too pre-lockout. All three of them had sweet masks too.

by samspade on Nov 23, 2010 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

Yea I was 8, but I can remember it well enough, loved those Leafs.

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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Nov 23, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, I’m afraid that in 20 years, the only Leaf goalie memories I’ll have from my childhood will be those two

Hey, if you’re gonna call us birds you might as well call us chickens.

by Leafer87 on Nov 23, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions

Well it could have been worse. Glenn Healy was part of my childhood memories and he was even worse than Raycroft and Toskala. The guy posted consistent .880s in the dead puck era.

by Theodles on Nov 23, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions

In all fairness, he was only a backup. =D

Though that would mean he posted .880s against some of the weakest teams in the league.

by Theodles on Nov 23, 2010 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

Luckily you still have many years left in your childhood to accumulate some memories of good Leafs goalies.

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by CanadianMaple09 on Nov 23, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions

Tis why I love Giggy and Gus so much :D

Hey, if you’re gonna call us birds you might as well call us chickens.

by Leafer87 on Nov 23, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions

My favourite Leaf goalie is probably Allan Bester. Not based on stats or anything. Just based on flare. I also kind of liked Jeff Resse. And Cujo and Felix. And Grant Fuhr. We’ve had some good goalies.

by Leaf in Habland on Nov 23, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions