The NHL unveiled their picks for the Maple Leafs’ quarter-century workforce, and three gamers on the 2024-25 squad obtained first-team nods.
The quarter-century workforce is made up of 5 skaters (three forwards, two defencemen) and one goalie who performed for the franchise after Jan. 1, 2000.
Matthews, who was named captain forward of the 2024-25 season, has made his mark on the Maple Leafs since becoming a member of the workforce in 2016. In 586 video games over eight and a half seasons, the 27-year-old has 379 targets and 672 factors, amassing one Hart Trophy and three Rocket Richard trophies in that point.
Marner, who was drafted in 2015, has additionally been with the workforce since 2016 and has scored 207 targets and 690 factors in 615 video games.
Sundin, who was with the workforce from 1994 to 2008, when he joined the Vancouver Canucks in free company. In 981 video games with the Maple Leafs, he scored 420 targets and 987 factors.
Kaberle, who was a late-round decide in 1994 by the Maple Leafs, spent the primary 12 seasons of his profession in Toronto. In 878 video games, he collected 520 factors, which ranks second in franchise defencemen scoring behind solely Borje Salming.
Rielly, the longest-tenured Maple Leaf on the present squad, has performed his complete 830-game profession with Toronto and registered 490 factors in that point.
Belfour, performed for 3 seasons with the Maple Leafs between 2002 and 2006, and averaged a .910 save proportion and a 2.56 goals-against common throughout that point.
Phil Kessel, William Nylander, John Tavares, Bryan McCabe, Dion Phaneuf and Curtis Joseph had been named to the second workforce.
Present Maple Leafs defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was named to the Arizona Coyotes’ quarter-century workforce on Jan. 1.
