March 27: On this day in 1945…
On this day in 1945, Brit Selby was born in Kingston, Ontario. There are lots of Leaf fans in Kingston, mostly in the penitentiaries. Brit was the last Leaf to win the Calder trophy as rookie-of-the-year. It was in the old six-team NHL in 1966. It must have been a relatively light year for rookies. Selby never really blossomed into anything that substantiated his Calder trophy winning honor. On left wing as a Leaf, Selby recorded just 29 Leaf goals over a few very trying seasons. The Leafs don’t have time anymore to draft, nurture and develop young promising talent. The best rookies are always somewhere else.
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