Two fan favourite Leafs, both traded for each other. Who gets the nod: Tiger Williams or Rick Vaive?
Rick Vaive (1980-1987)
Stats: 512GP - 290G - 230A - 520Pts - 863PM
Rick Vaive was drafted 5th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 1979, afer he played one season for the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA. He wouldn’t last long in Vancouver as the Canucks sent him to the Maple Leafs with Bill Derlago in exchange for Tiger Williams and Jerry Butler. Vaive would play eight seasons with the Maple Leafs, captaining the team for four of them, until he was stripped of the captaincy in the 86-87 season by Harold Ballard for missing morning practice.