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# Do the Leafs Have a Player Others Should Fear?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-news-november-1-2011/
- Published: 2011-11-02T11:01:07.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-02T11:01:07.000Z
- Author: Colin Odneal
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

[How Long Has It Been Since the Leafs Had a Player Other Teams Were Afraid Of? - Mike Langlois at Vintage Leaf Memories](http://vintageleafmemories.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-long-has-it-been-since-leafs-have.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> ...In the ‘80s, yes, for me it was Gretzky. He loved playing the Leafs, being a Southern Ontario guy and more often than not, he had huge games against the blue and white.
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> This all leads me to think: when was the last time *we* (the Leafs) had somebody that made the other team game-plan for *us*? And as importantly, when was the last time we had a player that made fans on another team worry about *our* guy?
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> I mean, we’ve had some wonderful players over the past 50 years that I’ve been following the Leafs—Keon, Sittler, Salming, Clark, Gilmour, Sundin to name just a few.
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> But have we ever had a guy that would make, say, a Boston fan, or a Habs fan, go, "Oh God, he’s on the ice again. Damn…."

Could [Phil Kessel](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54905/phil-kessel?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) be one of those players? More links after the jump.

**Leafs Links**

[Toronto Maple Leafs Awards Droughthttp://www.sbnation.com/admin/entries/new?community\_id=129&entry\_type=Story](http://www.dirtydangle.com/2011/11/toronto-maple-leafs-award-drought.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+DirtyDangle+%28Dirty+Dangle%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader)

Dirty Dangle with the last award winner by trophy for the Leafs. Without looking, can you guess the last trophy winner?

[Toronto's Lost Russians](http://theleafsnation.com/2011/11/1/torontos-lost-russians?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

PPP recants on the Soviets we used to have.

[Keeping Myself Honest](http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com/2011/11/keeping-myself-honest-my-pre-season.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+BlueChipProspects+%28Blue+Chip+Prospects%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader)

Blue Chip Prospects revisits his pre-season predictions

[Month in Review](http://leafshq.com/2011/11/01/month-in-review-october/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Jeffler recaps October for the Leafs.

[Month in Review](http://marlieshq.com/2011/11/01/month-in-review-october/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Jeffler recaps October for the Marlies.

[Joey Crabb Recalled by Maple Leafs](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/joey-crabb-recalled-by-maple-leafs/article2221374/?utm%5Fmedium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm%5Fsource=Hockey&utm%5Fcontent=2221374)

Frattin down to the Marlies.

[It's Movember at Vintage Leafs](http://vintageleafs.blogspot.com/2011/11/lanny-mcdonald-supports-movember.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Check out Harold's moustachey photogoodness.

[Can History Repeat Itself?](http://hopeinthebigsmoke.ca/post/12207324421/can-history-repeat-itself?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Hope in the Big Smoke wonders is this year might mimic last with regards to our goalies.

[Making the Grade: NHL First Midterm Report Card](http://thehockeywriters.com/making-the-grade-nhl-first-midterm-report-card/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

But it's not midterm.......

**Other Links**

[Inside Gary Bettman's Halloween Party](http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2011/11/inside-gary-bettmans-annual-halloween.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

DGB infiltrates this invite-only gathering.

Lastly, a bit of self plugging but at least it's for the betterment of all. I'm keeping a spreadsheet that tracks game-by-game stats for the Leafs; gives you their running totals; to date game averages; and projected totals for season's end based on their current stats. [You can find said spreadsheet here.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlBZxpXinYkCdDdVN0xtdkpZTHpRYWdQNlFqbUtZaEE&hl=en%5FUS&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com#gid=0) Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see added.