Top 10 Toronto Maple Leafs Legends of the 1970's

Top 10 Toronto Maple Leafs Legends of the 1970’s

By Mike Jack | Oct 28, 2022

TORONTO, ON - DECEMBER 12: Darryl Sittler #27 and Dan Maloney #9 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skate against Richard Sevigny #33, Mark Napier #31 and Rod Langway #17 of the Montreal Canadiens during NHL game action on December 12, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images) /

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have a long storied history spanning over 100 years. Many greats have worn their blue and white jerseys and some of the greatest Leafs played during the 1970’s.

Despite having these legends, the 1970’s were the start of the Maple Leafs Stanley Cup draught after winning Stanley Cups in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967.

The best Leafs team of the 1970’s is definitely the 1977-78 team. They finished the regular season with 92 points (5th in the NHL, 3rd in the Adams Division) and made it to the semi-finals during the NHL playoffs that season before getting swept 4-0 to the eventual Stanley Cup champion, Montreal Canadiens.

Many of the players from that 1977-78 team are on this list.

Top 10 Toronto Maple Leafs Legends of the 1970’s

This list is 100% subjective. Your top 10 may be different than mine and that’s fine.

I’m judging this top 10 using trophy voting, accolades and stats. Sadly, I haven’t watched many games featuring these players as I wasn’t born in the 1970’s. (Stats and info from Hockey-Reference.com)

I love researching Leafs history though and I thought I’d create this list to take those fans who grew up in the 70’s for a trip down memory lane.

Let’s start off with some honorable mentions:

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