What Happened To Every #1 Pick From The 1980's

From legendary Hall of Famers to ending up homeless and living on the streets, the NHL in the

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in its draft and not all of them made the impact their teams hoped for, so Let's dive in. Come in and find out

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s. 1980 the Montreal Canadiens select Doug Wickenheiser. The Canadiens were coming off the dynasty days of the 1970s and the 1980s did not treat them as well, leading to draft 19. Doug Wikenheiser was viewed by the vast majority of the hockey community as the best talent available , he dominated the Western Hockey League with confidence, scoring 89 goals and was only 18 years old.

Wiken Heiser's draft year in 1979, '80 season was special, he scored 170 points in 71 games played, which was a Regina franchise record at the time as team captain, Wikenheiser also led the league in playoff scoring and led the Pats to the WHL championship and a Memorial Cup Tournament birth now, although these are impressive accomplishments for a young player coming through. the NHL, the Montreal Canadians organization, not

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one was convinced about wikenheiser, some people had their eyes on Denny sard who finished third overall behind the Chicago Blackhawks, the canadians finally decided to go with wikenheiser and so is how his NHL career turned out after the Four Seasons.

With the Canadians the club began to lose patience with the development of Wiken Heiser in his first season with the club Doug scored 15 points in 41 games played, then in his second year he scored 35 points in 56 games played and in his third year he finally He showed the Canadiens that he could be a 50-point player, as he scored 25 goals and 30 assists for 55 points in 78 games played, so maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel and there could be a reward for picking him first. in general. However, in his fourth and final season with the Canadiens, he failed to deliver and only scored 10 points in 27 games while averaging just under a shot per game.

The Canadiens had had enough midway through the 8384 season and sent Wickenheiser to the St. Louis Blues, where his performance continued to be disappointing, probably his most famous moment with the Blues was during the 1985 86 playoffs in a game called Monday Night Miracle on May 12, 1986, where after St Louis made a huge comeback against the Calgary Flames, wikenheiser scored the overtime winner to force a seventh game, the blues would end up losing that seventh game 2 to 1 during their run in the NHL. wikenheiser also played for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and Washington Capitals, but did not play in the NHL after the 1989-1990 season and spent his last four professional seasons in the minors and abroad in 556 games played he scored 111 goals 166 assists for 277 points in August 1994 wikenheiser was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer died on January 12, 1999 at the age of 37 1981 Winnipeg Jets draft Dale Howard ch Chuck, it didn't take long for Howard chuk to make a splash around the world the world of junior hockey after being selected number six by Cornwall in the 1979 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Draft, after scoring 37 times in his rookie season, he scored 183 points in 72 games played in the season 1980 81 and won the Jean Bello trophy as qmjhl scoring champion.

Howard Chuck then helped Cornwall win back-to-back Memorial Cup titles and in 1981 he was named tournament MVP and chl player of the year and was later selected. number one by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL draft and responded by winning the 1982 Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year becoming the youngest player to break the 100th barrier with 103 points turning 19 at the end of that season Regular from 1983 to 88 Howard Chuk had five consecutive 100+ point seasons, scoring 558 points in that span, including an NHL career-high 130 points in the season of 8485, when he was runner-up to Wayne Gretzky for the trophy. from the heart.

The Howard Chuck era in Winnipeg ended at the 1990 NHL Draft, when he was traded to Buffalo, you know. Howard Chuck scored no less than 86 points over the next four seasons and scored his 1,000th point in the NHL on March 8, 1991, a goal that came against the Chicago Blackhawks with whom he later signed a free agent contract. . the St Louis Blues on September 8, 1995 and played only one season for the Blues before being traded to the Flyers on March 6, 1996. Howard Chuk announced his retirement after the 1996 '97 season at the age of 34 due to to a degenerative left hip and finished his NHL career with 149 points, only missing the Stanley Cup playoffs once in his 16-year career.

Howard chuk scored 99 points in 97 playoff games played. Howard Chuk was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001 and on April 5, 2007 his number 10 was retired by the Jets and Phoenix Coyotes organizations 198 Boston Bruins select Gour Kusac began playing Juniors as a 16-year-old defenseman in the Western Hockey League suiting up for Billings Great from 1980 to 1982 the 6'4 220 lb defenseman was phenomenal during his two seasons in the WL contributing 13 goals and 71 points with a whopping 270 penalty minutes in 106 games played That summer of 1982, Kusac was selected to play for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship and won the gold medal with the team and Kusac entered the 1982 NHL Entry Draft as one of the most highly touted draes that year and the Bruins had their eye on him all the time.

Thus ultimately deciding to select him first overall, the Boston Bruins were unwilling to have their first overall pick as a starter in the Miners and immediately made Kuac a regular in their lineup for the 1982-83 season, although he struggled to reduce offensively just putting one. goal and seven points in 70 games played, he was a strong defender, especially on the penalty kill unit. Kusac was also no stranger to playing tough, physical hockey in addition to defending his teammates, as he racked up 105 penalty minutes with nine big fights. In his rookie year in his second season, Kusac improved significantly racking up 10 goals and 37 points with a plus-10 rating while playing in all 80 games that season, it was clear that Kusac could provide a bright future for the Boston blue line.

Bruins, but on October 7th. 1984 Kusac collided in mid-ice with New Jersey Devils defenseman Dave Lewis, resulting in torn ligaments in his left knee. The torn ligaments were so severe that they required reconstructive knee surgery, causing Kusac to miss the 1984 '85 regular season and the playoffs. However, Kusac returned during the 1985-86 season and rekindled his success on both sides of the ice, where he ended up having his most productive year by scoring eight goals and 39 points with a whopping 153 penalty minutes. He was also able to stay healthy most of that season with 70 penalty minutes. games that at the time gave the Bruins organization the assumption that Kusac had overcome his knee injury, however, that was not the case and this injury would catch up with him in September 1986.

Kusac re-injured his knee before the start of the 8687 Campaign, prompting yet another invasive knee surgery that would keep him out for an entire season as the 22-year-old continued to battle chronic knee issues and the intense recovery process. He knew his time in the NHL was not over and once again overcame his knee injury. point at which he was able to participate in the 8788 season, this was his second return to the Boston Bruins and would be his most significant return. He helped lead the team to the Stanley Cup Final in 1988 before ultimately falling to the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-game sweep.

Kuu Zac even appeared in all 24 playoff games that year contributing four goals and 12 points with a plus-six rating and 59 penalty minutes. Unfortunately, Kac's return to Brewing was short-lived, as he appeared in only 13 regular season games from 1988 to 1990, his last game being played on November 5, 1990 against the New York Rangers, although he did not see much action during that time. Kusac ended up receiving the Bill Masterton Award in 1990 after 11 extensive knee surgeries. Kusac officially announced his retirement in November. On the 12th, 1990, after being forced to retire at age 26, Kusac enrolled at Harvard University and earned his bachelor's degree in economics.

Bruins fans may also recognize Kusac when he worked as a color commentator for the Boston Bruins telecast and did so from 1995 to 2004. 1983, Brian Laden, drafted by Minnesota North Star High School in Rhode Island became the first American to be selected first overall. Laden had a strong performance at the World Junior Championships with three goals in seven games, but some scouts questioned whether he had played enough against tough competition to earn such a high spot in Unfortunately, after being picked first overall in the draft of the NHL, he was never able to adapt to the NHL level of play.

He was brought straight from high school to the NHL and he failed miserably to live up to the immense pressure placed on him to get things done. Worse as the years went by, players who were overlooked by Minnesota became superstars, while Laden was struggling, players like Pat LaFontaine, Steve Eiserman, Cam Neely and Tom Barasso achieved superstar status, while many others from that draft had long and productive NHL careers in their rookie season. he scored only 10 goals and 31 points in 1984, he exploded in the Canada Cup tournament by scoring five goals in six games and people thought this was the real Laden and he had finally arrived, unfortunately for Laden, he again failed to perform under the pressure I had. ended up spending more games in the Miners than in the NHL in season 19 1985 86 Laden would return to the NHL season 1986 87 proved to be Laden's best season in the NHL statistically he scored 21 goals and 44 points in 66 games in 1988 he was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for several players who were once prospects but had not developed as each team had hoped.

However, Laden would not finish the year in New York as he was traded to Hartford. His status in Hartford had little play. He played only 48 games before moving to Quebec where he played 14 games and finally to Boston where he played only eight in the 1990-91 season. Laden had signed with the LA Kings but spent the year playing for the Miners and would return to the NHL courtesy of . of the expansion San Jose Sharks, but he would end his Miners career in 1993 overall. Brian Laden appeared in 483 NHL games scoring 112 goals and 154 assists for 266 points by hanging up his skates forever.

Laden became a notable player agent after his retirement as a player 1984 four Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick Mario Lemieux no one has ever had a career like Mario Lemieux he was simply the comeback king he did things in hockey that no one had done before or that anyone could even dream of doing Lemieux shattered scoring records as a junior for Laval in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, including his Idol GE Lefur's records for most points in a season in season 8384. Lemieux He needed three goals in his last game against Tyler Fur's mark of 130 and, in true Lemieux fashion, scored six.

Peng Pins had the first pick in the 1984 NHL draft and never considered drafting anyone other than Mario. Lemieux before this draft the Penguins franchise was at its all-time low they were in disarray having won only 16 games in the previous season On top of that their average attendance was less than 7,000 people per game and they even talked about relocation; However, once Lemieux was taken with the first overall pick in the 1984 draft, everything began to change starting with her first NHL pick on October 11, 1984. Mary Lemieux scored her first goal on her first shot , forcing Boston Bruins All-Star defenseman Ray Bour to fumble in the Penguin Zone.

A 100th season earned him the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, but his team was still a disaster some nights. It seemed like Lemieux could score at will. He set career highs for himself in the 1988 '89 season, scoring 85 goals, 114 assists for 199 points on New Year's Eve of that season. He scored five goals in five different ways, one full-strength, one on the power play and one shorthand. he delivered one on a penalty kick and, finally, another into the empty net; That spring would be his first trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs and Lemieux scored five goals and three assists in Game 5 of the Patrick Division Final against the Flyers, including a hat trick before the game.

He even reached the 7 minute mark at the start of the 19899 season. Lemieux had a 46g game point streak and did it all while he had severe back pain that endedstreak and ultimately forced him out of the lineup. This back pain was so bad. he would have to lift his own leg just to get over the boards and onto the ice. Lemieux missed 21 games and then returned for the season finale, which was a game Pittsburgh needed to win to make the playoffs. Lemieux had a goal and an assist in this game. but they ended up losing to the Buffalo Sabers 3 to 2.

Back surgery that summer proved dangerously problematic. An infection set in and doctors feared Lemieux would never walk again. He was on his feet for 3 months and finally returned in January 1991, ready for his first surprising comeback. With 45 points in 26 games played down the stretch, he helped the Penguins return to the playoffs, where he led all postseason scorers with 44 points in 23 games played in the Cup Final. Lemieux's goal to open the score in the second game, perhaps the signature goal of his career lifted Pittsburgh fans out of their seats after winning game six, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Mario Lemieux won his first Stanley Cup and Lemieux won the km trophy, without However, his back pain persisted and Lemieux missed 16 games.

The following season, however, he won his third scoring title. He also missed six playoff games due to a broken hand after he was cut by Adam Graves of the New York Rangers in the second round, but Lemie still led the league with 16 goals and 34 points in 15 postseason games. consecutive cup victory and Mario Lemieux's second consecutive SMI victory in 40 games in the 1992-93 season. Lemieux scored 39 goals and 104 points when the sports world was stunned in January when he was diagnosed with Hotchkins lymphoma. He would go on to have weeks of radiation treatments. On the morning of March 2, after completing his last treatment, he flew to Philadelphia to join the Penguins.

That night, Philadelphia Flyers fans gave Lemieux a two-minute ovation. His return to the lineup sparked a 17-game winning streak on the season. The past few weeks helped the Penguins capture their first President's Trophy in terms of scoring. That season, Lemieux had fallen 12 points behind Buffalo's Pat LaFontaine in his absence. Lemieux notably ended up winning the Art Ross Trophy by 12 points that season in July 1993. He had his second back surgery which limited Lemieux to 22 games. The following season, however, that was not his biggest problem, the effects of radiotherapy began to take their toll after taking that year off.

Lemieux returned rejuvenated and enjoyed two consecutive healthy, highly productive and decorated seasons. From the seven seasons from '95 to '9, he won two scoring titles, received the heart trophy in '96, scored his 600th career goal, and made the first All-Star team every season after years of battling problems health, as Lemieux, 31, announced earlier. in the 1997 playoffs he had enough physically and mentally it was too difficult he said he didn't have the stamina he had before he couldn't do the things he used to do Lemieux decided he was going to retire after the season that summer, the Hall of Fame Hockey Fame shook up the normal waiting period and announced that Lemieux would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

That fall, the Penguins raised banner No. 66 to the rafters and then, of course, in true Lemieux fashion, decided to return 44 months later. on December 27, 2000, playing against the Toronto Maple Leafs, by which time Mariio had also become the owner of Penguin, rescuing the team from bankruptcy at the age of 35. Lemieux scored 35 goals and 76 points in 43 games played that comeback season, which was good enough for a Lemieux, second selection to the All-Star team, would play four more seasons with the Penguins and fulfill an Olympic dream by winning the gold medal with Canada in 2002. He would pass on to mentor Sydney Crosby, who lived in Lemieux's home after being drafted in 2005 and briefly went to his teammate in December 2005, Mario Lemieux was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and That was the last straw that forced him to retire permanently. 1985 Toronto Maple Leafs select Wendel Clark, certainly for those outside of Toronto, Wendell Clark, the first overall draft pick in 1985. was a decent NHL player, but certainly not an NHL superstar to fans of the leaves.

Clark was the right player at the right time and had become a legend in the blue and white. He entered the NHL with a hard-hitting, hard-hitting style combined with offense. skill and a great shot, he scored 34 goals in his rookie season and added 227 penalty minutes, all in his first season at fullback after being converted by a defenseman. Clark quickly showed that he wasn't going to back down from anyone facing all the NHL's heavyweights. three times he surpassed 30 goals and in the 1993-94 season scored 46 injuries, taking into account his early start with a back injury that occurred in 1987, which limited Clark to only one full season in the NHL during his career. , but that didn't stop Clark from still being a highly successful, high-impact forward, his fights and penalty minutes decreased as he got older, but he still wasn't afraid to level players with his body checks.

It was his combination of skill and toughness that made Clark the perfect choice for the Leafs captaincy in the In the early 90s, he led by example by going to the dirty areas by throwing punches and never backing down in 608 games played as sheet. Clark combined for 260 goals and 441 points with 1,535 penalty minutes in 1994, at the NHL draft, the Leafs were coming off a 43. win season in which they finished second in the Western Conference and lost 4-1 to the Canucks in the Western Conference Final, which was their second straight trip in the last four, while that left the team with one of the best lines in hockey with Clark Gilmore and Ander Chuk, who scored 76, 99 and 111 points respectively , the Leafs lacked secondary scoring and needed a trade, so the Leafs struck a deal and acquired Matt Sundine, who we'll talk about later in this video, sending Clark to Quebec, after one season with the Nordiques and Most of the following season with the New York Islanders, Clark was traded back to the Maple Leafs in season 9596, in that deal Toronto sent their 1997 first round pick to the Islanders, who would eventually become Roberto Leango .

Wendel Clark played two more seasons in Toronto and then bounced around the league before the Blackhawks released him in January 2000, allowing him to re-sign with the Leafs to finish his career, where he spent most of his time during 15 seasons in the NHL Clark played 793 games, scored 330 goals, 234 assists and scored a total of 564 points. The Detroit Red Wings Joe Murphy In 1986, the Detroit Red Wing selected Joe Murphy with the first overall pick, making Joe Murphy the first NCAA college player to be selected first. Overall, in his first season with Detroit, Murphy saw action in just five games and spent almost the entire season in the AHL.

This was because Detroit was so deep at the center position and had Steve Eiserman and Adam Oats at the time. The following season, Murphy played in 50 games. With the Red Wings having moved to right wing for the 1988-89 season, Murphy returned to the Ah after playing 26 games with the Red Wings. Murphy found his game while playing for the Miners, scoring 31 goals and 35 assists in just 47 games. He played helping his team win the Calder Cup in the 1989-1990 season. Murphy began the season with Detroit, but after just nine games played he was sent to Edmonton, beginning a new chapter in his career.

Murphy joined Adam Graves and Maren Jelna on

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became known as the kid line, as all three players were 21 years old or younger in the 1990 playoffs, Joe Murphy became a scoring threat by recording 14 points in 22 games playoffs and helping the Oilers defeat the Boston Bruins in five games, winning their fifth Stanley Cup in seven years. In Edmonton, Joe Murphy continued to improve by playing in all 80 games his final two seasons with the Oilers scoring 27 goals in the 1990 91 season and then scoring 35 goals in the 9192 season in the 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs. Joe Murphy led to the Oilers in scoring.

Scoring 24 points in 16 playoff games played, however, he and the Oilers ended up being swept 4 to nothing by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Conference Finals at the end of the 1992 season, his contract with the Oilers having expired and the two parties could not negotiate. a new contract it was not until February 1993 that a deal was reached to send Murphy to the Blackhawks, the Chicago Blackhawks signed Murphy to a three-year contract with an option year and Murphy ended up playing the final 19 games for the Hawks. scored seven goals and 17 points in the 9,394th season that Murphy played in 80 games for the Blackhawks, scoring 31 times and accumulating 70 points, which would be his best season in Chicago after that high production of Murphy began to decline and in the end of his contract in 1996 the Chicago Blackhawks did not offer him an extension.

Murphy's next stop was in St. Louis playing with the Blues who had signed him to a three-year, $10 million contract in the hopes that he could regain his scoring prowess, however that would never happen. it

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after scoring 20 goals and 45 points in 75 games played for St Louis Murphy suffered a slump in his second season and scored a disappointing four goals in 27 games before eventually being traded to the San Jose Sharks. Murphy found a new life in San Jose and in his first full season with the team he regained his scoring touch and scored 25 goals for the Sharks, but his time in San Jose was short-lived as he opted for free agency at the end of the season.

Joe Murphy was still not on a team in November of that season he was offered a tryout contract with the New York Rangers but during that tryout process he ended up signing with the Boston Bruins at this point in Joe Murphy's career. He began to attract attention for all the wrong reasons, there was talk that he was difficult to work with and would make strange accusations about the Sticks having been manipulated while he was in New York and he verbally abused coach Pat Burns in Boston. He managed to hold on in Boston. for 26 games before the Boston Bruins suspended him for his profane rants.

Murphy was eventually placed on waivers where the Washington Capitals later gave him a chance. Murphy's NHL career came to a sad end in Washington, where he played 43 games over two seasons and was eventually demoted. to the AHL who refused to report his demotion was attributed to an altercation he had in New York. Murphy tried to get a woman into his limo when she refused, a fight broke out and that's when the woman's friend smashed Murphy over the head with a bottle. After this incident, Murphy never played another NHL game in 2013. He had a brief stint as head coach and general manager of the gmhl Alliston Coyotes in his first season, however, due to undisclosed allegations, Murphy took a leave of absence and eventually announced his resignation in 2017.

Murphy was found living on the streets. from Costa Rica and was consequently deported back to Canada. He admits to earning more than $15 million during his NHL career, but is now homeless. Murphy suffers from multiple concussion syndrome. He has frequent headaches and has engaged in substance abuse He is now in his 50s Jo Joe Murphy lives on the streets of Regina Saskatchewan 1987 Buffalo Sabers draft Pierre Turon Buffalo Sabers made high-scoring center the pick number one in the 1987 NHL draft, this came after his 150th season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. His time in Buffalo included finishing with 106 points in the 1989 season, which was his third season in the NHL.

Tjon flourished after being traded to the New York Islanders on October 25, 1991. He had his best season in the NHL. The 9293 season ended with 132 points to help New York qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. He also won the Lady Bing Trophy and finished with 94 points in 69 games played during the 9394 season, helping the Islanders reach the playoffs once again. However, the Islanders were in rebuilding mode in the 9495 season and traded him to the Montreal Canadiens on April 5, 1995. The Canadiens named Herj captain for the 959 season and he responded by finishing with 96 points, although Tjon had 11 points in his first nine games in the 9697 season.

The Montreal Canadiens traded him to the St Louis Blues on October 29, 1996 despite missing 67 games due to injuries in a three-year span from the '97 season to 2000. He averaged more than a point per game for the Five Seasons and the Blues.He was given 355 points in 327 games played and reached the 1,000-point mark by scoring a goal against the Edmonton Oilers on October 9, 1999. Tjon became a free agent after the 20201 season when he finished with 30 goals and 82 points for the blues and signed a 5-year contract. With the Dallas Stars, his contract was terminated during the 20052-2006 season, he signed with the Avalanche and scored his 500th goal against the San Jose Sharks on November 8, 2005 after two seasons in Colorado.

He retired on September 5, 2007. 1988. The Minnesota North Stars. select Mike Madano at the age of 15 Mike Madano moved to Prince Albert Saskatchewan to begin his youth career with the Prince Albert Raiders Prince Albert was Madano's home for three seasons, racking up 118 goals and 176 assists for 294 points in 176 games played in In addition to setting records in consecutive games with an assist of 19 and points in a game with eight, Madano had 105 points in just 41 games played in his final season with the Raiders earning a spot on the NFL's first All-Star team. whl in 1988. Mike Madano graduated from high school and entered the NHL entry draft, Minnesota North Star selected the speedy forward with the first overall pick in the 1988 NHL draft, making Madano That time when only the second American-born player was chosen first overall, Madano made an immediate impact in the NHL with 29 goals and 46 assists in 80 games played, earning him a spot on the All-Rookie Team. the NHL and finished second in the Cder Trophy voting.

Three seasons later, Minnesota moved HED to Dallas and 6 years later, Madano led Dallas' Stanley Cup rise to the top of the NHL followed Madan's path, the eight-time NHL All-Star was a player of over a point per game for seven of his first nine seasons in Dallas and helped the Stars reach the playoffs in 14 of the 16 seasons he was there on March 17, 2007. Mike Madano made history by scoring goal number 52 and 503 career regular season to take the NHL record for most regular season goals scored by an American-born player and then, on November 7, 2007, he made history again with another two-goal game , this time breaking the record. for NHL points by an American-born player, he would later become the Dallas Stars franchise in the regular season and playoff record holder for career points, goals, assists and games played.

Mike Madano played 20 years with the Dallas Stars and won with the Detroit Red Wings before finishing his 21-year career with 561 goals, 813 assists and 1,374 points, 1,499 games played, scoring 16 seasons with 20 or more goals, including nine with 30 or better and reached a career-high 93o season in season 9293 and then a career-high 50g season. goal season in season 9394 Mike Madano announced his retirement in 2011 in 2014 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and in the Dallas Stars he retired his iconic number nine in 1989, the Quebec Nordi national team Matt Sundine Matt Sundine wasn't exactly A well-kept secret heading into the 1989 NHL draft, the skilled native of Sweden had been on Quebec's northern radar for some time and was their top target for the two months leading up to the draft Sundine made history on the 17th.

June 1989 becoming the first European-born player selected number one overall by the Quebec Nordics. Sundine started his career impressively in Quebec with 23 goals and 36 assists for 59 points in the 1990 championship 91 season. He then followed up in his second season with 76 points and then in his third year he scored a career-high 114 points. , scored 47 goals in that third season, which was a career-high for him in Sund Dean's fourth season, season 9394. The name began circulating in trade rumors and the Maple Leafs were paying attention. Toronto knew they wouldn't get an impact player like Sundine without giving up a rich asset, so on June 28, 1994, Sundine was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Wendell Clark.

Going to Toronto meant that he would be exposed to another new culture in which he would be heavily scrutinized. Sundine brought an excellent offensive game with his great skating ability, a powerful shot and great consistency during 12 of his 13 seasons with the Maple Leafs. Sundine LED Tronto. In goals he would set still current franchise records for goals with 420 and points with 987. He was captain for 10 seasons succeeding Doug Gilmore to become the first European in Toronto's history to be named captain. Matt Sundine is one of three players to score at least. 20 goals in his first 17 NHL seasons, he is the only Swedish player to score 500 goals and has the most points with 1000 (349) and goals with 564 by any Swedish player.

Matt Sundine was also the first Swedish player to reach 1000 points at the end of his career. with 1,349 thanks for watching our videos, don't forget to press the like button and if you are new to the channel press the subscribe button and see you in the next video.