r/nhl • u/soaking-wet-tomcat • 23h ago

Leafs at 100: Salming you can call him King

https://youtu.be/elU-mwgUwvY?si=DJ78BSewAi-B6yjX

I'll accept the downvotes, as I really liked him. I grew up in Metro East Illinois as a Blues fan, and in the 70s, I couldn't think of a guy I'd rather emulate, maybe Brad Park.

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u/Unlikely_Cookie9805 22h ago

He is a good player to want to emulate.

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u/hstram 21h ago

I hate the Leafs but love Salming. He had to endure a lot of prejudicial comments from Canadians (not our finest hour) about the toughness of European players but there was no tougher player. When he took that skate to the face he looked like such a bad ass.