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50TurdFerguson t1_ixn4067 wrote
May the King rest in peace. He was a hockey Legend that will be missed.
AuntCatLady t1_ixn4213 wrote
Didn’t he just do the puck drop at a game? How sad, but how amazing he got to see how much he was loved by fans before he went.
i_love_pencils t1_ixnl9l6 wrote
The native of Kiruna, Sweden, played 1,099 regular-season games with the Leafs, establishing team records for assists (620) and goals (148), points (768) and playoff points (49) by a defenseman.
A two-time runner-up for the Norris Trophy, losing both times to Montreal Canadiens great Larry Robinson, Salming was named to the NHL’s first all-star team in 1976-77 and the second all-star team on five occasions.
He ended his time with the Leafs with a plus-minus rating of plus-155, a statistic made more remarkable as the Maple Leafs were a vastly underperforming team for much of the 1980s.
WeaponizedPoutine t1_ixosi7c wrote
>a statistic made more remarkable as the Maple Leafs were a vastly underperforming team for much of the 1980s
They are always an underperforming team.
Jokes aside RIP Salming, ALS is a terrible damn disease.
Lily_Loud_Cat t1_ixn2le5 wrote
For those who aren't familiar with Salming, he was one of the first European (Sweden) players to have an impact in the National Hockey League (NHL).
While he was a pioneer for European players, he was also an incredibly skilled defensemen! He last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1989, and he still currently holds six team records for the Leafs.
Salming was the first European (and Swedish) player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
He attended a couple of Toronto Maple Leafs ceremonies recently, and the reception he received was incredible, and well deserved.
Salming is, and always will be, a Legend in Toronto, the NHL, and the entire hockey world.