While times were different it’s no surprise Canada welcomed Börje with open arms. Being a Swede with several Canadian friends it’s easy to see how he embraced Canada and vice versa. Thank y Canada and Toronto for making a home for him away from home

Borje Salming was my childhood idol growing up. It's absolutely heartbreaking to see that video of him battling ALS. God bless you, Borje. Long live the kIng.

salming is the best toronto maple leaf since 1967, a true leader, outstanding individual and a man who played to win every hockey game during his stellar career, if you want to win play like Borge Salming 🍁 thank you

That standing ovation made me cry like a baby, thx Canadians!

NHL all-star, a Leaf hero and a Swedish legend. This is Börjes legacy. This is how he will be remembered. May his terrible battle with ALS be as painless as possible.

This makes me feel proud to be a Swede! Thank you, Börje Salming 🇸🇪. You are still my favorite defensman🥇🏆💐

This video brings tears of joy to my eyes beautiful commentary and a special player my favorite.

Hes from a city two hours away from me, when he passed away our hockey team had a tribute to him in the rink. He opened up for some many swedish players. Rest peacefully Mr. Salming #21

Habs fan here...TOTAL RESPECT FOR BORJE THNAKS TO LEAFS FOR BRINGING SUCH AN AMAZING PLAYER IN THE NHL & THANKS TO BORJE FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING PLAYER!!!

So happy he is being honoured. He was my all time favourite player which I got to meet once. Can't wait to see the statue.

As a kid growing up Borje was my idol. No defenseman has ever come close to his talent. Pure class!!!

Börje ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ legend ❤❤❤❤ dig glömmer man aldrig kollade på dig många gånger på,tv under uppväxten vila i frid

Just saw this video, Börje moved to my town of Vaxholm in Sweden, now I had no idea that he was that big of a legend that he is in Toronto and Canada. Thank you for remember the legend! Cheers from Vaxholm Sweden

Börje Salming i a legend .. I'm proud to be a 🇸🇪 swede . Thank you for everything Börje ❤

Hero legend. He was everything to Toronto. Played hockey because of this guy too

Ohhh! charismatic Börje really truly too young to leave this beloving earth but forever never forget the great moments you gave to us even if I'm Habs fan; Rest in peace.

Borje Salming was my childhood idol . The greatest player I have ever seen. Still till this day I've repeated this saying "give me 5 Salming on the ice against the greatest's hockey players and he would win every game, thats how great he was.

This brought tears to my eyes a incredible player.

I have been a leaf fan since 1968 and I don't think I ever seen a better defenseman than Borje . He had to put up with such abuse year after year . Sad .

A great and very humble soul!

RIP Borje You will be missed.

R.I.P legend of hockey 🏒♥️🙏

Everyone wanted to be Börje when we played street hockey back in Sweden in the 70's. Such a fucking icon for our hockey.

RIP we all miss you

Salming was awesome! I remember his famous one man rushes as a kid in the 70's. He would casually start behind the Leafs net deciding which way to go,then take off and skate past everyone and get a shot on goal and usually score. Sad that a great player like Salming never played on a Stanley cup winning team. Crap Leafs owners and management can be blamed for that,especially that Ballard asshole!

thank you börje hope you have a great weekend

Possibly the best defenceman to lace up skates since Bobby Orr. He was pure class and it was a pleasure to watch him play.

As a Swede I can only say: King of all kings❤

Salming lives..

Borje was so talented. My all time favorite.

RIP Borje A true legend you will be missed.

Really cool, I wish I was old enough to have seen him play. Powerful! Borje Salming.

I know the Leafs have had great defensemen over their history who won cups but Salming is the greatest of them all who never won a cup. No Leaf defensemen has come close to what he brought every night.

Sweden and Canada is pretty much on the same page. Love that. ❤️

Salming have been diagnosed with ALS ..

He is like Legolas in Lord of the Rings. Amazing athlete and warrior. So humble so Canadian. A true representative of Toronto. Love many times over for the great man

Borje Salming was my first hockey hero as a kid. I wore number 21 on my sweater growing up because of him, in fact the sweater I wear on game days still has a 21 on it... along with his name. One of the best to ever wear a Leafs uniform.

he should have movie based on hin career

My childhood hero! In those Ballard dark ages, Salming was the only shining light. It's tough being a leafs fan having to put up with compounding frustration year after year of losing. For me, it's 30+ years and counting.

Rest in peace Börje 😢🙏🏻

I come from the little town in Sweden where he was discovered, Gävle with the team called Brynäs IF where he was picked up from. Myself i’m only 16 but my dad and his dad have many times talked avout how good of a player Börje was. I have met Börje at more then one occation since my dads company is a main sponsor for the team and since he’s a huge hockeyfan. Since i’m a even bigger hockeyfan i get to go to alö theese sponsor dinners and events and run around with an all access card during games and get into the lockerrooms and so on. So i have met Börje a couple of times and he’s a great and funny guy. When i was little i was scared of him because he’s a big guy and with all those scars he looks a bit scary to a little child. But he’s really nice and humble. I know several good hockeyplayers that’s been raised with this team, like Nicklas Bäckström, Jacob Silfverberg, Jacob Markström and so on. This makes me feel proud of my little town and team. How a town with just around 100 thousand people living int the whole ”county” i guess you could call it. It’s a really big county so it’s a pretty good job to have a team that has won this many championships and produced this many great hockeyplayers, it makes me proud.

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Great player! I remember when i was at his summer hockey school in kiruna, he showed us one of his knees and hit it and it moved around like jelly, i dont remember exactly what had happen but it was from some injury he got when he played.

Best defenceman of all time tough as nails and wore the blue with pride.

I grew up watching leafs with my mom , one of my moms favorite player

Greatest Leafs defenseman of all time. Not only was he super skilled but he was tough as nails too.

Awesome job by Jim Ralph narrating this piece.

In Sweden, we have a numbers of great hockey players. The thoughest? Börje. Hands down. Blocked slaphots with his face. One tough lappjävel, Börje.

No oner ever will take the crown from Borje Salming

He was bigger than life for us in Sweden. He was as popular as Abba, Borg and Stenmark. Difference was we never saw him play. There was no cable or satellite back then. We caught glimpses from him during the Canada Cups, which were televised.

Blood Sweat and Hockey I was privileged to be part of that book...l was sent an autographed copy in Swedish and it remains a treasure in my collection. Always a fan...

Great video. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

Rip king 😢

ALS SUCKS !! The #21 has always been my lucky number and Borje Salming made me proud to be Canadian and a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. So so sad to see the toll ALS has done to him..GOD bless you and thanks Borje

Rolemodel and a legend rip #21 🙏🇸🇪🇨🇦

How can you watch that video and have a dry eye. Keep battling Borje. We love you!

Eh, right in the feels.

Rest in peace Börje!

ONE OF MY IDOLS

My mom and aunt babysat his kids just to help aunt born 1959 I think and mom born 1961 that one I know but back on track my mom told me he lived down the street from them (I think 3 or 4 houses same side) I can't remember much of the story just that for now

Still the king here in Sweden ^^

never see those unis anymore, I liked them

Is it ok if we use this clip on the Salming Celebration in his home Town Kiruna the 3rd of december ?

I was at the game in Detroit when his face was cut open. Blood was everywhere. The next game in Detroit I asked to see his face...healed right up..

kinda shocked maple leafs don’t have more subscribers

RIP Borje. Hvil i fred.

Damn if i dont get to see Börje as James Bond before i die

RiP Legend!

Thanks to Toronto!

Our Börje !!!

King

Im so proud to be swedish and live close to Kiruna

As a Swede that pronunciation of Börje in English is just priceless lol

The 6 People who disliked dont know what they are talking about

His place in the IIHF's Team of the Century speaks for itself

"The King"

He's One of those Guy who Always give 110% Every game Every Night.....

RIP Leafs legend

BJ Salming, excellent example for the team

Legenda

Hammarstrom could skate in the corner with 6 eggs on his pocket and not break a single one

AIF 🖤💛🖤

it began in Börje e e e

Proud 2 be Swe

So sad that he has ALS.

Jack Campbell, you have already played your best. Please don't blame yourself too hard. However, the Leafs as an organization seem to have at least one major problem. From a business perspective they always seem to profit a lot regardless of how well the team performs. Therefore they might not be afraid of letting the fans down. Another issue is maybe playing in Toronto has too much pressure affecting the team negatively? Does anyone agree or disagree on the aforementioned issues?

I can only buy steamed rice

Please just call him Salming. How you say Börje isnt even close to correct. Also he didnt just open up your eyes to swedes. He opend up swedes eyes to NHL. The general view of NHL was that it was more like boxing with some hockey in between. Canada cup as a whole was so important for swedens view of canadian hockey. And the standing ovation showed us the greatness of Börje and the canadian hockeyfans.

Первые щелчки от синей линии я увидел в его исполнении.Был поражон что с ним ничего не моглисделать соперники.

Hockey was insane back then as this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bcqInq513LayfWg.html old ad from a swedish betting company illustrates. We see Mikael Renberg and Tomas Sandstrom start comparing injuries and one-upping eachother until... Well, the Elder shows up.

Börje*

:')

good defenceman but i prefer AKI PETTERI BERG on the maple leafs.

I can only buy kit Kat bars, or some kind of chocolate at the old Maple Leaf Gardens! Visiting Boris home didn't help.me to be able to buy food!

I love this...seems like an icon for the leafs...but got very little love here in sweden...exept WC...today he is all but forgotten here...sad to say...he is more know for his cloathing brand than his hockey for young people...sad in my opinion...

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Next time a Millenial tells you today's players are better, ask them if Pettersson could play against the Flyers in the 1970s, get high sticked in the mouth, punched in the head, run into the boards and then go out the next night and try to score goals as if nothing happened. Oh, and give McDavid a stick and a pair of skates from the 1970s and see if he can skate faster and better than Bobby Orr after 9 knee surgeries.

Int va han dålig...

Hors manure he should have easily won the norris.

The only reason I believe Borje never won a norris was because of the NHL’s racist views of european players during the 70’s and 80’s. If he was playing today he would be the best defenseman ever n the NHL.