1979–80 Toronto Maple Leafs season 1979–80 Toronto Maple Leafs seasonthe franchise , 53rd season as the Maple Leafs . In July 1979 , Leafs owner Harold Ballard brought back Punch Imlach , a longtime friend, as general manager . Imlach traded Lanny McDonald to undermine team captain Darryl Sittler's influence on the team. The McDonald trade sent the Leafs into a downward spiral . They finished five games under.500 and only made the playoffs due to the presence of the Quebec Nordiques , a refugee from the WHA, in the Adams Division .Offseason NHL draft Regular season The 1979-80 season marked the dismantling of a promising hockey team . The Maple Leafs had stars such as Darryl Sittler , Mike Palmateer , Lanny McDonald, Tiger Williams , Borje Salming and Ian Turnbull . In previous years, the Leafs were always one of the top teams in the league but could not beat the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. Leafs' owner Harold Ballard fired General Manager Jim Gregory and Head Coach Roger Neilson . After unsuccessfully attempting to hire both former Boston Bruins head coach Don Cherry and former Montreal Canadiens head coach Scotty Bowman , Ballard brought back Punch Imlach, who had been the Leafs' coach and general manager when they last won the Stanley Cup in 1967 , to be the team's new GM. Imlach subsequently hired Floyd Smith , a former Leaf player who had previously coached for Imlach when he was GM of the Sabres, to be the Leafs' new head coach.November 1979 , tensions between Imlach and Sittler mounted as Sittler publicly aired his grievances. An article was featured in the Globe and Mail by James Christie , titled Darryl Sittler drops the Gloves. Sittler was unhappy that Imlach publicly criticized him and Mike Palmateer. Another point of tension for Sittler was the fact that Imlach placed Lanny McDonald and Ian Turnbull on waivers.December 13 , 1979, Imlach announced that Carl Brewer was making another comeback in the NHL. Brewer would play for the New Brunswick Hawks , the Maple Leafs' American Hockey League affiliate. In Brewer's first game in Moncton, New Brunswick , King Clancy and Johnny Bower showed up to watch him play.December 26 , 1979, for the Maple Leafs game against the Washington Capitals . Many players on the Leafs felt that Brewer was a spy for Imlach. In Brewer's first game, many of his teammates were openly hostile to him. Brewer's defense partner was Borje Salming, and Salming refused to pass Brewer the puck. During the season, Brewer would only play in twenty contests.Season standings Schedule and results Transactions Regular season ;ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 73 40 57 97 62 3 17 1 5 D 74 19 52 71 94 4 4 0 1 RW 74 25 28 53 22 5 3 0 5 RW 41 20 28 48 72 1 8 0 2 C 80 16 32 48 78 2 2 0 4 RW/C 75 24 23 47 52 -5 3 0 4 C 54 7 36 43 4 -6 1 0 0 LW 55 22 18 40 197 -13 5 0 1 D 75 11 28 39 90 -23 3 0 0 LW 45 22 16 38 16 1 6 0 3 LW 71 17 16 33 102 -13 1 0 1 RW 35 15 15 30 10 -1 6 0 2 C 45 11 13 24 10 -8 4 0 1 RW 59 12 11 23 6 -9 0 1 2 LW 37 6 15 21 2 6 1 0 2 D 80 3 16 19 42 0 0 0 0 C 23 5 12 17 13 -6 1 0 0 RW 22 9 7 16 77 -4 2 0 1 RW 55 7 8 15 29 -3 0 0 1 D 46 3 10 13 10 -4 0 0 0 D 26 0 10 10 11 -1 0 0 0 D 20 1 8 9 30 5 0 0 0 C 25 4 4 8 10 -4 0 0 0 D 31 1 6 7 28 1 0 0 0 D 32 1 4 5 24 -2 1 0 0 D 20 0 5 5 2 -5 0 0 0 RW 14 2 2 4 4 -7 0 0 0 C/RW 32 0 4 4 17 -6 0 0 0 G 38 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 D 13 0 2 2 8 -9 0 0 0 D 5 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0 C 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 G 30 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 C 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 D 5 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2039 38 16 14 3 125 3.68 2 1492 30 9 17 2 110 4.42 0 830 15 8 7 0 50 3.61 0 329 10 2 1 0 28 5.11 0 110 3 0 1 0 8 4.36 0 Team: 4800 80 35 40 5 321 4.01 2
Playoffs ;ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 3 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 D 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 D 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 LW 3 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 RW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 C 3 1 1 2 18 1 0 0 D 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 RW 3 0 2 2 17 0 0 0 RW 3 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 C 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 RW/C 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 121 2 0 2 10 4.96 0 60 1 0 1 7 7.00 0 Team: 181 3 0 3 17 5.64 0
Roster Playoffs Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1979-80 season.Trades Waivers Free agents Awards and records Borje Salming, runner-up, Norris Trophy Borje Salming was voted to the Second Team All-Stars.Farm teams New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League.
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