Borje Salming was my childhood idol. There was certainly nothing to cheer about as far as team success was concerned in the 1980s, but there was Borje. I'm sure The King is regarded more as a "pioneer" or "trailblazer" these days, but his on-ice performance was truly elite (at both ends of the ice). But above all that, he is truly a man of humility and class.

A little known fact on Borje Salming. In 1987, when no one else would, before the IIHF would even sanction women’s hockey, he funded Sweden’s women’s team to travel to Canada for the first ever women’s international competition, the World Women’s Hockey Tournament. https://t.co/kdN33KjLCy

— Ian Kennedy (@IanKennedyCK) August 10, 2022

I wish him all the strength and courage as he faces this devastating and cruel disease.

Very sad to see, prayers out to him and his family. Leaf legend