I can understand why rivals don’t, in a Patrice Bergeron / Claude Lemieux kind of way. Why hasn’t he been truly embraced by Leaf Nation? He has demonstrated to have many similar qualities which have left former Toronto Maple Leafs elevated to legendary status.
Started at the bottom now we here, Nazem seemed to get the raw-end of the deal right from the draft. The infamous Brian Burke and Bryan Murray convo moments before Nasty Naz was drafted implied he may be open to flipping him had Murray ponied up an offer. Murray didn’t, Burke drafted him, and the rest is history:
Next in the story of Naz is his first years as property of the Leafs.