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The Vintage Leaf Memories Reader “Poll”

With the Leafs in the midst of the NHL Olympic break, it’s perhaps a good time to conduct a poll, to get a sense of how some of our readers feel about a few Leaf-related memories.

 To complete the poll, you just need to click on the link below. We are hosting this survey through Survey Monkey, a reputable site that many of you are probably already aware of.


We invite you to take a moment to respond to the questions in the poll. If you prefer to post comments, we have included below a list of the questions we are asking.
 
1) Select your favorite Leaf from the 1950s and ‘60s
  • Ted Kennedy
  • Tim Horton
  • George Armstrong
  • Dickie Duff
  • Johnny Bower
  • Bob Pulford
  • Dave Keon
  • Frank Mahovlich
  • Carl Brewer
  • Bob Baun
  • other

 2) Select your favorite Leaf from the 1970s and ‘80s
  • Mike Palmateer
  • Lanny McDonald
  • Tiger Williams
  • Darryl Sittler
  • Borje Salming
  • Ron Ellis
  • John Anderson
  • Al Iafrate
  • Rick Vaive
  • Russ Courtnall
  • Gary Leeman
  • other

 3) Select your favorite Leaf from the 1990s to the present
  • Doug Gilmour
  • Wendel Clark
  • Curtis Joseph
  • Tie Domi
  • Felix Potvin
  • Gary Roberts
  • Mats Sundin
  • Tomas Kaberle
  • Alex Mogilny
  • Darcy Tucker
  • Joe Nieuwendyk
  • other

 4) Your most disappointing Leaf playoff loss since the mid-1950s
  • 1961 versus Detroit in the semi-finals (5 games; led series 1-0)
  • 1971 versus Rangers in the quarter-finals (6 games; led series 2-1)
  • 1977 versus Philadelphia in the quarter-finals (6 games; lead series 2-0)
  • 1993 versus Los Angeles in the semi-finals (7 games; led series 3-2)
  • 2002 versus Carolina in the semi-finals (6 games; led series 2 games to 1)
  • other

 5) Your favorite Leaf trade in modern history
  • acquiring Red Kelly in 1960
  • acquiring Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney in February 1964
  • acquiring Norm Ullman and Paul Henderson in 1968
  • acquiring Bernie Parent in 1971
  • acquiring Doug Gilmour in 1992
  • acquiring Mats Sundin in 1994
  • acquiring Dion Phaneuf this season
  • other

 6) Your favorite Maple Leaf individual achievement
  • Frank Mahovlich scoring 48 goals in a season in 1960-‘61
  • Dave Keon’s hat trick against Montreal in Game 7 of the 1964 semi-finals
  • Darryl Sittler scoring 10 points in a game versus the Bruins in 1976
  • Doug Gilmour’s performance in the 1993 playoffs
  • Gary Roberts’ performance in the 2002 playoffs while Sundin was injured
  • other

 7) Who was the best Maple Leaf goalie of the modern (post-1955) era?
  • Johnny Bower
  • Terry Sawchuk
  • Bernie Parent
  • Jacques Plante
  • Mike Palmateer
  • Curtis Joseph
  • Ed Belfour
  • other

 8) Who was/is the most exciting Leaf player you’ve ever seen?
  • Frank Mahovlich
  • Mike Walton
  • Darryl Sittler
  • Doug Gilmour
  • Wendell Clark
  • Mat Sundin
  • Phil Kessel
  • other

 9) What has been your favorite Leaf ‘team’ moment of the past 50 years?
  • 1962 Cup victory in Game 6 in Chicago
  • 1967 upset Cup victory over Montreal in 6 games
  • 1978 playoff upset of the New York Islanders
  • beating Detroit in the 1993 quarter-finals in Game 7
  • beating Ottawa in the playoffs in 7 games in 2004 quarter-finals
  • other

 10) Most memorable overtime goal in the playoffs 1960 to present
  • Bobby Baun in Game 6 against Detroit, 1964 finals
  • Bob Pulford in Game 3 against Montreal, 1967 finals
  • Jim Harrison in Game 2 against Boston, 1972 quarter-finals
  • Lanny McDonald Game 7 against Islanders, 1978 quarter-finals
  • Mike Allison Game 4 against Detroit, 1987 quarter-finals
  • Nikolai Borschevsky Game 7 against Detroit, 1993 quarter-finals
  • Mats Sundin Game 1 against Ottawa, 2001 quarter-finals
  • Gary Roberts Game 2 against Ottawa, 2002 quarter-finals
  • Travis Green Game 6 against Philadelphia, 2003 quarter-finals
  • other

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