I'm late to respond, but Irbe and the Canes defeated the Stanley Cup finalists New Jersey Devils in round 1 of that years playoffs and reached the finals. I mean, its a bit unfair to blame Cujo there lol . Though I'll always be disappointed in him leaving looking for an "easy cup" with Detroit. If we're being honest, Belfour wasn't much better, if at all. Seeing as he only got out of the 1st round once, while Cujo never lost in the first round with the Leafs and reached 2 conference finalsCujo, for never being able to win a big game, getting outplayed by Arturs freakin Irbe as an example ... and then leaving via free agency which in hindsight was great because Belfour who replaced him was miles more consistent and stable in net.
Carl Gunnarsson. The way people talked about him, you'd think he was a perennial Norris contender on the Leafs...
But he was liked by too many.[/QUOTE
The reason that some fans liked Reimer was because he was better than Bernier, but it seemed like he was generally disliked.
He also completely carried the team one year and additionally was a very likeable human. Part of the reason Bower has always been my favourite is he was a fantastic person.
Didn’t hate him,but the blind love for Sundin kinda irked me.Kent Manderville....no reason, just hated him.
Nonsense.Most people are picking guys that were at least partially disliked, and some almost universally hated. Didn't think that was the point of the post.
I didn't like Kaberle. Thought he was soft and over-rated offensively.
Nikolai Borschevsky. Too soft. Easily checked off the puck on most rushes.
Sandin, he needed to be the captain which for me means he needed to motivate/influence his team mates but he also needed to motivate/influence management, I thought he was just too nice a guy.
Nikolai Borschevsky. Too soft. Easily checked off the puck on most rushes.
Brian Glennie what a POS tried to say hi to him at the Olympic pools in the Beaches when I was 10 , he told me to F@#$OFF then got me kicked out when I called him an Ahole for cheating on his wife with my sisters grade 5 teacher . She was cheating on her husband with him , like nobody is going to recognize them in the neighbourhood where she lives and teaches FFS what a Goof .
Not sure how old you are or where you grew up but in 1973 you didn't parade your mistress around in public and you didn't tell 10 year old Leaf fans to F....... for saying Hi to you , we still had actual Canadian values .Perhaps Therapy is in order ?