#4. Ed Belfour
Ed Belfour is a hall of famer, and while, as of yet, no one ahead of him on this list is, the majority of his NHL success came before he was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Belfour began his career in Chicago one year before this list begins. In fact, though it doesn’t seem like he was playing for the Leafs all that long ago, he’s actually over 20 years older than Jack Campbell.
Belfour was a sure-fire hall of famer before he left Chicago for Dallas (via a brief stopover in San Jose), and he joined the Leafs in 2002 after the club let Curtis Joseph go.
Belfour was an adequate replacement and the Leafs were a contender with him in net, but they couldn’t really do anything come playoff time.
In Eddie the Eagle’s first year with the Leafs they were eliminated in the first round and in his second year they were knocked out in round two.
Belfour at least won a round, which is more than most Leafs goalies for the last 30+ years can say, but ultimately the teams he was on in Toronto fell well short of expectations.
Belfour’s third season was cancelled due to unconscionable greed, and when play resumed in 2005-06 the Leafs were a tired, old team with no clue how to manage the new salary cap.
Ed Belfour climbed to 9th all-time in Leafs wins and is the fourth best goalie they’ve had in the last 33 years. His 17 shut-outs are the most out of an Toronto Maple Leafs goalie born after 1940. (He is tied with Joseph but played less games).