Bob Pulford

And that was, you know, the big rumor, you know, another Hull going back to, uh, Chicago.

And, uh, you know, it was really weird 'cause they would call me at weird times, uh, Mr. Wirtz and, and Bob Pulford and, and they just couldn't wrap their head around this, you know, Bob Pulford with the cigarette, right? And he's like, "Yeah, you know, Bert, uh, seven million's, uh, it's a lot of money." And I go, "Yeah, it sure is, Mr.

Pulford and, uh, I don't want seven million.

You know, I want you to be able to, you know, go out and maybe get a couple-

I do remember the one thing, though.

Bob Pulford was the general manager in Chicago.

I'll just do this really quick.

One year, because it was the first year he had 18-year-olds, Steve Larmer and I got called in.

Guys were getting sent down two at a time.

So Steve Larmer and I went in, and Bob Pulford was telling Larmer he had to lose some weight and he had to do this and this and this.

And then when it came to me, he said, you know, and Pooley used to, you know, talk like, He says, you know, we talked and we

watched and we think you're a goalie.

He continued to have health problems including a blocked intestine, an injured shoulder and a bruised instep.

Things got worse on January 12, 1963 when Bob Pulford of the Maple Leafs stepped on the back of Terry's glove hand during a scuffle for the puck at the goal line.

The tendons in his hand were slashed and he was rushed to the hospital where he endured a two-hour surgery.

Terry tried to keep count of the stitches but after 50 just gave up.

The legend that Keon personally shut down was Jean Beliveau in the 1967 final isn't quite accurate, and Keon himself corrected it.

Toronto generally used Bob Pulford and Red Kelly against the much larger Beliveau.

Keon's principal assignment was Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard, perhaps one of Montr- perhaps the one Montreal center whose skating and competitiveness most closely mirrored his own.

Keon later called Richard one of the great competitors he ever faced.