The Toronto Maple Leafs often catch flack from their fans for acquiring skilled but smaller players like Nick Robertson who is 5’9″ and Max Domi who is 5’10”.
Some may not realize that the Toronto Maple Leafs were able to benefit from having two of the tallest players to ever play in the NHL.
If you blinked, you may have missed the time where Brian Boyle played for the blue and white.
The center joined the Maple Leafs as a rental at the 2017 trade deadline. The Leafs received their tallest player of all-time by sending Byron Froese and a 2017 second round draft pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning.