A Chex Card With An Portrait Photo Of Punch Imlach
On Its Front
Punch Imlach Won Four Cups As
The Leafs' Coach
In
The 1960s
However
His Second Stint
As General Manager
In
The 1979�80 Season Was Controversial
As He Traded Lanny McDonald
And Engaged In
A Public Dispute With Team Captain Darryl Sittler
A Series Of Events
In 1971 Made Harold Ballard
The Primary Owner Of
The Maple Leafs
After
A Series Of Disputes Between Bassett
Ballard
And Stafford Smythe
Bassett Sold His Stake
In
The Company
To Them. Shortly Afterwards
Smythe Died
In October 1971
Under
The Terms Of Stafford's Will
Of Which Ballard Was An Executor
Each Partner Was Allowed
To Buy
The Other's Shares Upon Their Death. Stafford's Brother
And Son Tried
To Keep
The Shares
In
The Family, But
In February 1972 Ballard Bought All Of Stafford's Shares
For $7.5 Million
Valuing
The Company
At $22 Million (equivalent
To $134,009,000
In 2018). Six Months Later
Ballard Was Convicted Of Charges Including Fraud
And Theft Of Money
And Goods
And Spent
A Year
At Milhaven Penitentiary
By
The End Of 1971
The World Hockey Association (WHA) Began Operations As
A Direct Competitor
To
The NHL
Believing
The WHA Would Not Be Able
To Compete Against
The NHL
Ballard's Attitude Caused
The Maple Leafs
To Lose Key Players
Including Parent
To
The Upstart League. Undermanned
And Demoralized
The Leafs Finished With
The Fourth-worst Record For
The 1972�73 Season
They Got
The Fourth Overall Pick
In
The 1973 NHL Amateur Draft
And Drafted Lanny McDonald
General Manager Jim Gregory Also Acquired
The 10th Overall Pick From
The Philadelphia Flyers
And
The 15th Overall Pick From
The Bruins
Using Them
To Acquire Bob Neely
And Ian Turnbull
In Addition
To These First Round Picks
The Leafs Also Acquired B�rje Salming During
The 1973 Off-season
Despite Acquiring Tiger Williams
In
The 1974 Draft
And Roger Neilson
As Head Coach
In
The 1977�78 Season
The Maple Leafs Found Themselves Eliminated
In
The Playoffs
By Stronger Flyers Or Canadiens Teams From 1975
To 1979. Although Neilson Was
A Popular Coach With Fans
And His Players
He Found Himself
At Odds With Ballard
Who Fired Him Late
In
The 1977�78 Season
Nielson Was Later Reinstated After Appeals From
The Players
And Public. He Continued
As Leafs' Head Coach Until After
The 1979 Playoffs
When He Was Fired Again
Alongside Gregory. Gregory Was Replaced
By Imlach
As General Manager
In
The First Year Of His Second Stint
As General Manager
Imlach Became Embroiled In
A Dispute With Leafs' Captain Darryl Sittler Over His Attempt
To Take Part
In
The Showdown Series
For Hockey Night
In Canada. In
A Move
To Undermine Sittler's Influence
On
The Team
Imlach Traded McDonald
Who Was Sittler's Friend. By
The End Of
The 1979�80 Season
Imlach Had Traded Away Nearly Half Of
The Roster He Had At
The Beginning Of His Tenure
As General Manager. With
The Situation Between Ballard
And Sittler Worsening
Sittler Asked
To Be Traded. Forcing
The Leafs' Hand
The Club's New General Manager
Gerry McNamara
Traded Sittler
To
The Flyers
On January 20
1982. Rick Vaive Was Named
The Team's Captain Shortly After Sittler's Departure
The Maple Leafs' Management Continued
In Disarray Throughout Most Of
The Decade
With An Inexperienced McNamara Named
As Imlach's Replacement
In September 1981. He Was Followed
By Gord Stellick
On April 28
1988
Who Was Replaced
By Floyd Smith
On August 15
1989. Coaching Was Similarly Shuffled Often After Nielson's Departure
Imlach's First Choice
For Coach Was His Former Player Smith
Although He Did Not Finish
The 1979�80 Season After Being Hospitalized By
A Car Accident
On March 14
1980. Joe Crozier Was Named
The New Head Coach Until January 10
1981
When He Was Succeeded
By Mike Nykoluk
Nykoluk Was Head Coach Until April 2
1984. Dan Maloney Returned
As Head Coach From 1984
To 1986
With John Brophy Named Head Coach From 1986
To 1988
Both Coaches Had Little Success During Their Tenures. Doug Carpenter Was Named
The New Head Coach
To Begin
The 1989�90 Season
When
The Leafs Posted Their First Season Above .500
In
The Decade
The Team Did Not Have Much Success During
The Decade
Missing
The Playoffs Entirely
In 1982
1984
And 1985
On
At Least Two Occasions
They Made
The Playoffs With
The Worst Winning Percentages
On Record For
A Playoff Team
However
In Those Days
The Top Four Teams
In Each Division Made
The Playoffs
Regardless Of Record
In 1985�86
For Instance
They Finished With
A .356 Winning Percentage
Fourth-worst
In
The League
However
Due
To Playing In
A Norris Division Where No Team Cracked
The 90-point Mark
The Leafs Still Made
The Playoffs
In 1987�88
They Finished With
The Second-worst Record
In
The League
And Only One Point Ahead Of
The Minnesota North Stars For
The Worst Record
However
The Red Wings Were
The Only Team
In
The Division With
A Winning Record
Meaning That
The Leafs
And Stars Were Both
In Playoff Contention
On
The Season's Final Day
The Leafs Upset
The Red Wings
In Their Final Game
While
The Stars Lost
To
The Flames Hours Later
To Hand
The Leafs
The Final Spot From
The Norris
However
The Low Finishes Allowed
The Team
To Draft Wendel Clark First Overall At
The 1985 NHL Entry Draft. Clark Managed
To Lead
The Leafs
To
The Playoffs From 1986
To 1988
As Well As
The 1990 Playoffs. Ballard Died
On April 11
1990
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