On This Day July 18th.

July 18: On this day in 2002, the Leafs exchanged defensemen with the Florida Panthers, sending Dmitry Yushkevich south for Robert Svehla. In his one complete season with Toronto, Svehla put up decent numbers of 7 goals and 38 assists with a plus/minus rating of +13. After one season in Toronto, Svehla announced his retirement and went back to play in Slovakia. To date, he has been the only Leaf in team history to wear jersey number 67.


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