The passion returned to the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 2, 1992 when Doug Gilmour was acquired in the stunning 10-player trade with the Calgary Flames. “He almost immediately turned the team around singlehandedly,” recalled master dealmaker Cliff Fletcher, the Leafs GM from 1991-97. “We played .500 hockey the rest of that year and then the rest is history as far getting into the Conference finals two years in a row after that. It was a huge trade to bring respectability back to the Leafs.” Nicknamed “Killer” because of his never-say-die intensity, Gilmour registered 1,414 points in 1,474 NHL regular-season games, 452 of them in 393 games with Toronto. The Leafs all-time playoff leader in points (77) and assists (60) in 52 postseason games, Gilmour’s NHL career covered St. Louis, Calgary (Stanley Cup in 1989), Toronto (twice including his final game in 2003), New Jersey, Chicago, Buffalo and Montreal. The Frank J. Selke Trophy winner as the NHL’s Best Defensive Forward after his club-record 127-point season in 1992-93, Gilmour was Leafs captain from 1994 to ’97 and is a now a Leafs ambassador. His No. 93 jersey was honoured by the Leafs on January 31, 2009. On that night, the fans serenaded him incessantly with chants of “Dougie! Dougie! Dougie!” Of that emotional night, Gilmour said: “just unbelievable … it says I’m old, too.” But it also signified that “I’m up there forever.” Also, eternal is the fact that in 2011, Gilmour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was grit, determination and a slight body who simply never quit. He was – and always will be – “Dougie!”