“(Salming) has a whole new meaning when you become coach of the Leafs,” Sheldon Keefe said
“Particularly when it comes to the European players which are so prominent around the league and playing on our team now.Article content
“They have a bond with him and he’s taken time to spend with them. He was here last season and he’s chatted with them briefly. It’s very clear to me he’s a proud Maple Leaf and with all our alumni, when you have that connection, it helps your career to see the impact the team has had and the city has had on players who’ve come before them.”
Defenceman Rasmus Sandin recalls a lunch that Salming set up with him and his father at a Stockholm restaurant in 2018, the year the Leafs made him a first-round draft pick. Salming gave the teenager a primer on the city, the team and the media, of how he went on to be an NHL all-star, setting many franchise marks.
“I was nervous, with that voice of his,” Sandin recalled. “But he was my Dad’s idol growing up and he was more nervous than I was.Article contentMark Giordano was too young to see Salming play, but deferred to his father, Paul, as the family’s Salming historian. “My Dad’s generation said he was underrated, one of the best players at his position. And you hear off the ice he was a great guy, too.Salming’s visit to Toronto with his family is two-fold, the Hall induction, but also to further investigate treatment and secure drugs to help alleviate his condition that are unfortunately difficult to get approved to bring into Sweden.“He’s going through a really big fight right now and we are all standing behind him,” Sandin said.
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