[.ca] Maple Leafs Top 100 (ISBN 1551928086)

Panel of Experts Gets It Right:
This is the author of Maple Leafs Top 100, Mike Leonetti, and I would like to comment on the review posted by someone nobody named Brian Maitland. Mr. Maitland's ignorance is truly appalling to me and to the panel of hockey experts who helped compile this book. These fine people, unlike Mr. Maitland, are in the hockey business and are very familiar with 80 years of Maple Leaf history. Not only is this book well researched and organized, it is a beautifully illustrated and produced work. Any hockey fan can dispute the selctions the panel made - that is part of the whole idea. The reviewer takes issue with the selection of Bryan McCabe. Let me take a moment to inform those who do not take the time to look something up that McCabe was named an NHL All-Star in 2004 (second team), an honour granted by the hockey writers from across North America to only four blueliners. He is the first Leaf defenseman to earn such an honour since Borje Salming. As well, MaCabe's 68 point total in 2005-06 ranks as the fourth best in team history for a single campaign. In 469 games as a Maple Leaf, McCabe has recorded 274 points (78 goals, 196 assists) prior to the start of the 2007-08 season. That is slightly better than a point every other game - not bad for a rearguard. McCabe has also ranked high in every scoring stat for NHL defensemen in the last three years. If the idiot reviewer had taken the time to read the introduction to the book he would have noted that voting took place in the summer of 2006. As such how could McCabe not be on the all-time list? If Mr. Maitland's point was to be funny or to sound like some sort of expert himself, he has missed on both counts. For an honest review of this book by real writers, go to the Windsor Star and look for Bob Duff's review or find Neil Stevens review for Canadian Press completed just recently. Thanks to all hockey fans who buy my books - I appreciate it very much.

McCabe?:
Typical of any book on the Make Beliefs, just as they cannot get it right on the ice, they cannot on paper. Seriously, a team that won numerous Cups prior to Expansion should have just a handful of post-Expansion players listed in its Top 100. How can anyone in their right mind name Bryan McCabe as a Top 100 Laff is beyond me and seems to be pandering to modern audiences. Complete joke. Do some research next time.