Worst Leaf of ALL-TIME?

[rimshot]

This thread screams Aki Berg.

Was Aki not mentioned in a thread about the greatest Leafs of all time? Admittedly he was mentioned by Aki Berg.

 

[Puckstuff]

Aki Berg was pretty brutal so was Belak as a defensmen but he could at least fight and create energy. My vote goes to Lebda

 

[LV*]

He was the "40 goal scorer" the team hadn't had on the wings in like 15 years however. Yeah, that didn't work out.

I have no idea how you're putting him up there as an honourable mention for the worst Leaf ever, though.

 

[McMatthews]

Since I started following the team in '93:

Chris McAllister
Jyrkki Lumme
Andy Wozniewski
Anders Eriksson
Aki Berg
Cory Cross
Brett Lebda
Andrew Raycroft
Jonas Gustavsson

 

[Teeder9]

Lumme, lebda, Murphy

We always seem to have one horribly bad apple that plagues our defense

Larry Murphy? The guy who averaged 54 points per 82 games over 2 seasons with the Leafs? I hope not. He was better defensively than Kaberle

 

[contour]

Since I started following the team in '93:

Chris McAllister
Jyrkki Lumme
Andy Wozniewski
Anders Eriksson
Aki Berg
Cory Cross
Brett Lebda
Andrew Raycroft
Jonas Gustavsson

I wouldn't say Gustavsson was terrible. He was just really inconsistent. Gusty stole some games for us last year. If Gustavsson played under Carlyle rather than Wilson, he would probably be in a much different situation.

 

[pcruz]

Larry Murphy? The guy who averaged 54 points per 82 games over 2 seasons with the Leafs? I hope not. He was better defensively than Kaberle

I never understood the hatred for Kaberle. The guy wasn't as bad defensively as most people make/made him out to be.

He was absolutely not a physical player, but he was pretty solid in terms of position and had to cover for byan mccabe's pinching on a nightly basis, as well as his love for the big hit that was normally missed.

 

[CrayonSandwich]

andy wozniewski..... some used to call him andy wasnewtoskating when he went on the ice you knew a lead was going to be lost

Yeah, I'd have to go with this choice as well... Lebda is another player that comes up from recent memory.

 

[Teeder9]

I never understood the hatred for Kaberle. The guy wasn't as bad defensively as most people make/made him out to be.

He was absolutely not a physical player, but he was pretty solid in terms of position and had to cover for byan mccabe's pinching on a nightly basis, as well as his love for the big hit that was normally missed.

Not sure how you see hatred for Kaberle from anything I said.

 

[Leafidelity]

Clarke Wilm was quite terrible, as was Alexander Khavanov.

 

[pcruz]

Not sure how you see hatred for Kaberle from anything I said.

Not specifically from what you said. It's just that for years Kaberle was put down as was Sundin. McCabe was made to be the best defenseman the team had seen in decades and had to cover for all of Kaberle's terrible defensive play.

 

[Toronto]

His name skips my mind at the moment but he played on our 4th line. It was during the ron wilson era. He would kill our penalties and was buddies with one of the players on the team (think gus?). dont think he ever got a point in any nhl level game for us if i recall

 

[Teeder9]

Not specifically from what you said. It's just that for years Kaberle was put down as was Sundin. McCabe was made to be the best defenseman the team had seen in decades and had to cover for all of Kaberle's terrible defensive play.

Did you really care about anyone who put Sundin down? Me either. He did enough here to decide his own fate. As far as McCabe went, he was pretty good some years, average the others. Kaberle was always an offensive dman without much defense, although he did the small things as well as McCabe. Murphy is on a total different planet when it comes to blame though. He was slow but had a very high IQ and more times than not made the right plays, as well as being great offensively. The team his two years didn't click and he was one of the fall guys

 

[Teeder9]

His name skips my mind at the moment but he played on our 4th line. It was during the ron wilson era. He would kill our penalties and was buddies with one of the players on the team (think gus?). dont think he ever got a point in any nhl level game for us if i recall

Rickard Wallin

 

[Kyle Doobas*]

Brett Lebda's -3 performance in a 9-3 win over the Thrashers comes to mind.

Didn't like five of our goals come on the powerplay that night, though?

Aki Berg wasn't even that bad, he's just the ultimate Leafs Nation scapegoat.

 

[Toronto]

Rickard Wallin

yes him he was brutal.

Dupuis was really really bad too

 

[Blair]

Didn't like five of our goals come on the powerplay that night, though?

Aki Berg wasn't even that bad, he's just the ultimate Leafs Nation scapegoat.

Didn't Aki tear up the SEL or something after his time with the leafs lol.

 

[Syn3rgetic]

Cory Cross, and my immense hate for Jonas Hoglund.

 

[Stephen]

I really didn't like Mike Craig.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

yeah some of those D were big whipping boys but they at least had some skill, toughness, that made them serviceable. when we're talking about absolutely worst overall players to get regular shifts with this club over the years a few come to mind:

Darby Hendrickson , you literally never noticed this doofus unless he was giving away the puck or was knocked on his butt. looked very clumsy and nervous out there every single shift he played.

Brandon Convery , terrible 1st round pick that was given a regular spot on our 4th line and did nothing but look terrible. skated around with a confused mouth-breather look on his face 24/7 .

Nick Kypreos , pretty useless player and victim to one of the worst knock outs in history. probably the least contribution made to the club from any player associated as being a Leaf.

Glenn Healy - no comment.

 

[Kurisu]

Wallin, and Sjostrom.

 

[Damisoph]

Miroslav Ihnacak.

 

[The Wall]

Raycroft has gotta be high on this list.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Jason Allison anyone?

Last I heard he was still making a break through the neutral zone

 

[leafsfuture]

Lol at the bias.

Brayden Irwin. Maybe had the worst footspeed I have ever seen