TORONTO-- Dave Keon walks to the Sundown Grill in midtown Toronto beforehand a Monday morning and no, he's not signed up with by Don Henley, the legendary Eagles drummer and solo artist that co-wrote the timeless 1985 tune of that name about a Sundown Boulevard hamburger Keon may tell you that he fulfilled Bob Dylan at Maple Leaf Gardens about half a century earlier, brought over to state hello to "a small fellow in a hat resting in the edge. I guess I fulfilled him, I said hey there but we really did not drink hands. They told me I wasn't intended to take a look at him." In 2016, for the team's centennial season Patriots Store, Keon was elected by a blue-ribbon panel as the greatest Maple Leafs gamer of perpetuity. His No. 14 was retired to Scotiabank Arena rafters that October, together with 9 other previously "honored" numbers whose retirement he insisted upon ought to his very own be celebrated, his sculpture among the 10 in Legends Row outside the played 1, 062 regular-season video games for Toronto from 1960-75 and was captain from 1969-75, after that 301 in the WHA from 1975-79 and 234 even more for Hartford in the NHL from 1979-82. The 83-year-old citizen of Noranda, Quebec racked up 396 goals and had 590 assists in the NHL, evaluated simply 117 fine mins in 18 periods-- approximately 6 1/2 minutes per season. He won the Stanley Mug in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967 and was granted the 1961 Calder Prize as the NHL novice of the year, Lady Byng in 1962 and 1963 as its most gentlemanly gamer and Conn Smythe in 1967 as the Stanley Mug Playoffs most important player. Graphic Artists/Hockey Hall of Fame; Dave Stubbs/NHL. comDave Keon at Maple Fallen Leave Gardens on May 3, 1967 with the Conn Smythe Prize he 'd won the night previously, and on Nov. 17, 2017 at Montreal's Bell Centre with his painting celebrating his being among the 100 Greatest NHL Athletes for the Organization's Centennial season. A man of inflexible concepts and strong viewpoints, Keon is really sharply tuned to the game of his day and the modern-day breakfast of plain yogurt and granola, an English muffin with lotion cheese and a mug of Earl Grey tea, Keon had a chuckle regarding the October 1967 newspaper advertisement he 'd been generated which he endorsed the Parker Jotter, a $1.98 ballpoint pen that reportedly would benefit 40, 000 of his autographs before he would certainly require a much better was the Jotter provided to him over morning meal from the Parker Pen firm, 56 years after his is the first Hall of Fame course whose induction you've attended because 2007, when Ron Francis, your 1981-82 Hartford Whalers teammate, was preserved. Why this year?I'm here for the induction of Pierre Turgeon. That makes three of us from Rouyn-Noranda that have actually been inducted-- Pierre, Jacques Laperriere and myself. That's respectable for a little city in northern Quebec with a populace of about 40, 000. Turofsky, Michael Burns Sr./ Hockey Hall of FameDave Keon, as a St. Michael's Significant junior during the 1957-58 season, and in a 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs portrait. Before the Stanley Cup Playoffs last April, you talked of the "child steps" the Maple Leafs had to take to win their very first playoff collection since 2004. They defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games, after that shed to the Florida Panthers in 5 video games in the Eastern Conference Second Round. What's the next step?" Win 2 series. It was a buildup of points with Tampa. The Lightning were tired. The 3 previous periods they had won the Stanley Mug two times and mosted likely to the Final another time. The Leafs were sort of lucky to defeat them. Then they played Florida and the Panthers played really physically. The Maple Leafs just didn't respond." Toronto's William Nylander stated a few days ago that he'll take the metro to home video games." I saw a photo of him on the train. When I played here, I didn't take public transit to Maple Leaf Gardens. However when I came back with Hartford, I drove to the train and took it to the rink. I was acknowledged, yes. Fans below have actually been wonderful to me. When I returned with Hartford, that continued. When I involve Toronto now to do something, they'll concern see me. They have actually always been really encouraging." Exists anybody in today's NHL that reminds you of yourself, of the way you played the video game?" I thought Jonathan Toews played in this way. He played both ends of the rink very hard, he was bigger than me and more physical. I believed there were resemblances there. I presume you might claim Patrice Bergeron, too, but he didn't skate in addition to I did." If you're playing today, that would certainly you like as your linemates, also if they're not actual left and extreme rights?" The game today is entirely different than just how I played, clearly. Allow's claim possibly Brad Marchand." Guaranteed he'll take even more penalty minutes than you." Yes, so then I would certainly be eliminating his penalties. And I would love to play with Matthew Knies to assist with his growth. I always believed that it was my duty to make my linemates much better players, not the various other method around." When you were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Popularity in 1986, your legendary New England and Hartford Whalers colleague Gordie Howe said: "All of us should have been so lucky to understand exactly how to play the video game along with Dave." What was the very best component of having fun with "Mr. Hockey" for the time that you did?" Possibly to see the enthusiasm that Gordie still had at that age. I had fun with him till he was. He appreciated the games. I think he may have had the ability to do without the methods and the travel. When Gordie concerned practice, he operated at it. To have that much enthusiasm at that age, that was rather outstanding. You reach be 40 and it's truly tough. You require the enthusiasm to exercise and play and travel. He was doing it and enjoying it at 50. These young guys that were playing with Gordie feared, looking at how effective he still was at that age. That was the point that awed people, the physique on him. Still going out there at age 50 and whacking people. Gordie was Gordie and he had not been going to change." Turofsky/Hockey Hall of FameRookie Dave Keon is gone after by Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jean-Guy Talbot behind goalie Jacques Plante throughout a 1960-61 game at Maple Leaf Gardens. Keon would win the Calder Prize that season as the NHL's leading newbie. Broadcaster Foster Hewitt nicknamed you "Mr. Continuous Motion." Did you have any kind of others?" No, I didn't. I knew Foster's label for me. There was absolutely nothing I could do regarding being called 'Davy' or 'Davey' while I was playing. They weren't mosting likely to transform whatever they 'd published to call me David. After I retired, I can have some state regarding just how my name was spelled. And David is just how I sign autographs." That should remain in the Hall of Popularity currently, but isn't?" Claude Provost. It's kind of mind-blowing how he's slipped right into the cracks and just disappeared. It's not like he was simply sitting, going up and down the bench for 9 Stanley Cups." Some would certainly claim that you and Claude were cut from the same having fun cloth because your trainers would transform to you when the other team's ideal offensive players needed to be closed down." I don't understand. There's constantly been this thing that I was a protective player. But I was respectable on offense, also. My manufacturing was respectable. And Claude scored 30 objectives when that resembled hitting.400 in baseball." Graphic Artists/Hockey Hall of FameDave Keon discharges the puck on Detroit goalkeeper Terry Sawchuk throughout a 1964 video game at Maple Fallen leave Gardens, the puck seen just previous Sawchuk's left pad. The St. Michael's Majors retired your major-junior No. 9 on Dec. 14, 2008. Prick Duff was wearing 9 when you got here with the Maple Leafs in 1960. Was No. 14 your choice?" No, when I played my very first exhibition game, I put on No. 8. That was Larry Regan's number, so when he started playing event video games, they offered me No. 24. I had a great training school, which assisted me stick with the huge team. I asked if I could keep No. 24 and trainer Bobby Haggart stated, 'No, you're mosting likely to have 14.' I didn't want it. That was the number put on by all the individuals who were called up from the minors. You 'd show up for a week, 10 days, 2 weeks, then you would certainly be returned down. The following individual that came up got 14. I understood what that number meant, however I was informed it was mine and I used it hesitantly at initially. I presume points worked out." You had a variety of endorsements throughout your career, consisting of soup, a fitness-salon chain, sporting activities devices, analgesic rub and power devices. What was the best of the great deal?" Henri Richard and I interacted in print, on television and in individual for Skil Tools-- saws, jigsaws, drills, sanders-- in English and French. We would certainly most likely to sales meetings, Henri did points in Quebec, and I did some in Ontario and British Columbia. Campbell's Soup was great Patriots Jerseys, too." Any idea just how much Parker Pens paid you to back the Pad?" I have no idea."