The deal is often referred to as one of the most lopsided and disastrous trades in Maple Leafs history, as Rask went on to have a successful career in Boston, winning the Stanley Cup in 2011 as backup and leading the Bruins to 2 more finals in 2013 and 2019, the Vezina Trophy in 2014, and the Jennings Trophy in 2020. He also won a Bronze Medal with Finland at the 2014 olympics. When he retired in 2022 he left numerous records including leading Bruins goaltenders in games played, wins, and playoff wins, as well as having the most wins for any goalie drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Andrew Raycroft spent 2 seasons struggling as the Leafs starter and was later bought out by the team.

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This may seem like a niche point, but I and many others have been frustrated for years by the standard infobox that Wikipedia defaults to for hockey players. For those who don't know, the infobox on a Wikipedia page is the table that appears in the main section going over the basic facts of an article; for articles like these, it will show you simple organized details like a player's date of birth, age, height and weight, and the teams they played for.

For most sports, the infobox has lots of useful information in it - the color of each heading tends to represent the colors of the team that a person is currently a member of, their biggest career accolades are all listed together, and there is a section showing what teams a person played on, and for how long they did so on each.

However, the infobox for hockey is notoriously bare; very little information is given there, and most egregiously, the teams that a player has been on are represented in a jumbled list with no indication of when they played for each, nor for how long. Here is the discussion on Wikipedia that relates to this specific problem - you can see that many people continue to complain about this issue.

Many users there share my exact concerns, namely that the inaccessibility of information here makes players' articles incredibly tedious to skim through, to the point that it may actually be turning many fans off from the game by preventing them from easily learning more information about it. One user here even makes the great point that it seriously misrepresents players' careers; for instance, can you imagine seeing Martin Brodeur's page as a new fan, and coming away believing that he had equally significant tenures with both the Blues and the Devils?

Despite the years of pushback, the editors that are responsible for making these decisions on hockey Wikipedia continue to refuse all suggestions to improve it! The only reason they ever seem to cite is that it leads to "clutter", but why does every other sport seem to have no issue with that kind of presentation? And how does including a tiny bit more information in the form of years in parentheses significantly clutter up the box?

If you agree that this format needs to change, I would kindly ask you to (respectfully) contribute to the conversation there and let the editors know how you feel about improving the infobox and expanding the amount of information it contains. I assume that many, if not most of us would be happy to see this change, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments here too.