Wendel's Fist said:
Even though I agree with Mats Sundin getting a spot on legend's row, I don't get the whole, "Gilmour and Clark not worthy of the honour."
Doug Gilmour still holds the record for most points in a season by any Leaf ever and is the last one to ever win hardware for the team with the Selke trophy. How does that not fit into the definition of 'legend'?.............Mats never did that in all the extended time he was here.
I remember when Wendel Clark was drafted. My brother still has the newspaper clipping of the day. To say that what he brought to a fan base that had absolutely ZERO to cheer about for years, is now suddenly worth less than what Mats did is quite frankly..........just stupid.
I'm not bringing this up to knock Mats Sundin as I think he deserves what was given to him but don't tell me or anyone who's actually watched this team a little longer than some of you, that he was more deserving than others, or that those others aren't deserving, because of your criteria.
Your criteria, to say the least, is way off and I'm sure Mats himself would agree with that.
I think the criteria the majority of people, including the people making the selections, are using is a pretty simple and straightforward one. Namely, it's trying to identify the best players in Maple Leafs history who spent the majority of their careers as Maple Leafs. Sundin is a pretty easy qualifier on both counts. It's hard for me to see what's "way off" or even mildly controversial about that.
I was a Leafs fan through both the Clark and Gilmour eras and I'm pretty comfortable with that. Gilmour was a Leaf for 26% of his career and while Clark was extraordinarily fun to watch, I can separate that from the sort of greatness they want to represent.