The 90’s have never been a very popular range for players to pick their number from. We all know Gretzky’s 99, but that was because 9 was taken. Stamkos wears 91 because his dad, his coach, gave the 19 he wanted to Tavares when they were kids.
Today we take a look at the seven Maple Leafs who wore their numbers from 99-90 the best, plus two who didn’t make the cut.
All stats only apply to the times the players wore the number as best as I could gather.
99 - Wilf Paiement (1980-1982)
When Paiment came to the Maple Leafs from the Colorado Rockies legend has it that Punch Imlach made him take #99 as a promotional stunt, to make Leafs fans forget about Lanny MacDonald somehow.