in the late 1970s, the maple leafs were a good team, with players such as centre darryl sittler (who scored a record 10 points in one game) and swedish defence borje salming (one of the first europeans to play in the nhl). however, there were 18 nhl teams by then, so it was hard to come first. wendel clark was a strong player in the 1980s; he became the team's all-time top scorer. mats sundin was another swedish star in the 1990s and 2000s. they also had some good goaltenders around this time: curtis joseph, then ed belfour.