Punch Imlach grave

I visited Punch Imlach’s grave this afternoon during a walk through Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, and I couldn’t help wondering what he’d say—and do—after this awful start to the Maple Leafs season. Imlach was a complicated figure: a harsh taskmaster who could be verbally abusive and abrasive, yet also capable of well-timed praise and genuine positive […]

Imlach coached and managed both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the expansion 1970 Buffalo Sabres where he drafted Gilbert Perrault first overall.