Publisher's Synopsis
While the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been told many times, there has never been a full biography of the man who created, built and managed the team, turning it from a small-market collection of second-rate players into the hockey and financial power house that dominated Canadian sports and created a collection of Canadian icons along the way. From the 1920s to the mid- 1960s, Conn Smythe was one of the best-known, highest-profile figures in the country. He not only constructed a dominant hockey team, but was critical to the shaping and growth of the NHL.
