First and foremost, the National Hockey League landscape was slightly different; the core of these differences being the fact there were only 21 teams with teams such as the Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers still maintained in their original cities.
That 1985-86 season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs, ironically enough, given the current team’s record open with a string of three losses, an overtime loss and a sole win – a record matched almost identically with the present!
Wendel Clark was the number 1 pick in the 1985 Draft, and unlike the current generation of Maple Leafs draft picks, moved straight into main roster action.