Leaf Deadline Deals you were most excited about

[Jojalu]

I waver back and forth between the Leafs acquiring Leetch or the eternal short lived hope I felt when they brought Gilmour back.

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[Duke16]

When they acquired Damon Severson and Blake Coleman in a seven-asset blockbuster on February 24th, 2020

 

[TheKingSlayer]

When they acquired Damon Severson and Blake Coleman in a seven-asset blockbuster on February 4th, 2020

Typo whoopsy?

 

[Duke16]

Typo whoopsy?

Fixed it

 

[LeafsNation75]

I remember being excited when they got Doug Gilmour in 2003 because prior to that I had tickets to what would have been his first game back in Toronto, since the Leafs were in Western Canada during the trade deadline that year.

 

[MSZ]

It has to be Leetch and Francis in 2004.

 

[lipstickjunkie]

I was super stoked for Owen Nolan

 

[Jojalu]

I was super stoked for Owen Nolan

Then he came out and scored twice in his Leaf debut. That was an exciting time.

 

[Gabriel426]

That deadline when they got Leetch, I was literally screaming. And he didn’t disappointed, too bad for the lock out season.

 

[Kelly]

I was pretty pumped when we traded for Boyle -- not because of the player. But the fact that we were finally good enough to go for it after years of being sightly less than mediocre, to complete utter garbage.

Was Leetch at the TDL? Also pretty pumped when they traded for him. Also that whole 2003 TDL...

 

[phillipmike]

Those were some loaded deadlines in back to back years.

2002-03 we got Owen Nolan, Glen Wesley, Phil Housley and Doug Gilmour.

2003-04 added Leetch and Ron Francis.

 

[93LEAFS]

Nolan, he was supposed to be the elite winger Sundin never had.

 

[Jojalu]

Those were some loaded deadlines in back to back years.

2002-03 we got Owen Nolan, Glen Wesley, Phil Housley and Doug Gilmour.

2003-04 added Leetch and Ron Francis.

Those Leaf teams were stacked. Still they couldn't win. I still remember how deflated I felt after the Roenick goal.

 

[LeafsNation75]

That deadline when they got Leetch, I was literally screaming. And he didn’t disappointed, too bad for the lock out season.

I actually went to his very first Leafs game against the Islanders when he had 3 assists and was named the first star.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Ryan O'Byrne, then I googled Ryan O'Byrne and it wore off pretty quickly

 

[Buds17]

Bringing back my favourite Leaf, Wendel Clark. I always liked Mike Gartner, though it was tough to trade Glenn Anderson. Adding a number of future HOFers over consecutive playoff runs (Housley, Gilmour, Francis, Leetch). Acquiring a playoff experienced vet in Brian Boyle from a divisional rival, with the roles of buyer and seller the opposite of what I would have anticipated.

 

[LeafChief]

Leetch. That lockout was f***ing crippling.

 

[CelticDruid]

Leafs trade for Tucker in move to toughen team for playoffs



Darcy Tucker

 

[BertCorbeau]

Those were some loaded deadlines in back to back years.

2002-03 we got Owen Nolan, Glen Wesley, Phil Housley and Doug Gilmour.

2003-04 added Leetch and Ron Francis.

This for sure.

And, at the time, I was pretty excited about the Phaneuf trade especially considering what the Leafs gave up to get him

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I was super stoked for Owen Nolan

Hot take, Leafs beat Philly if Nolan is healthy.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Hot take, Leafs beat Philly if Nolan is healthy.

Nolan did play all 7 games that year against the Flyers. Although he only had 2 assists and nothing else.

It was the next year in 2004 when he was injured and didn't at all in the playoffs when the Leafs defeated the Senators and got to the 2nd round.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Nolan did play all 7 games that year against the Flyers. Although he only had 2 assists and nothing else.

It was the next year in 2004 when he was injured and didn't at all in the playoffs when the Leafs defeated the Senators and got to the 2nd round.

My bad you’re right I mixed up the years.

 

[LeafsNation75]

My bad you’re right I mixed up the years.

To be fair I think he was playing hurt in 2003, so you might be partially right.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Leafs trade for Tucker in move to toughen team for playoffs



Darcy Tucker

I happened to be at Tuckers first game in Toronto. There was some clown right behind us screaming at him the entire time. "Tucker you f***ing stink" kind of stuff the entire 60. I was maybe 12 years old. What a horrible experience. Tucker bled blue and white. Also, what kind of grown man yells at some random player for 2 hours?

 

[firstemperor]

Right before we got screwed by the lockout and that revised lottery system that didn't acknowledge how much our team, in particular, was going to get screwed moving forward by the new cap era.....I really thought it was our year when we got Leetch and Francis. I remember Leetch said something to the effect of McCabe being the best player/partner he ever played with and I completely bought into the kool aid at the time. I was also a lot younger