We heard today from Pia, the wife of former Maple Leaf great Borje Salming, about the increasing difficulties he and Pia face daily and constantly, as he battles this terrible disease. The video that accompanies the story is heartbreaking.
As with so many tragedies in life, only those families that have dealt with ALS truly know the devastation the disease causes.
Maple Leaf Hot Stove founder Alec Brownscome will highlight some important ways to try to help a bit further below. But Alec asked if I could perhaps pen a few memories here first about Borje— some things that, to this day, still stand out to me, more than three decades after his retirement from the NHL.