The Leafs plastered the Molson Cup everywhere, including team pocket schedules and once included the winner on the cover of the annual team guide. “I remember watching the presentations as a kid,” said former Leaf Mark Osborne, now a scout for the L.A. Kings. “You saw Borje, Darryl and Lanny McDonald all part of it. “When I got there (in the late ‘80s), the only problem I had with it was that a player like me could never win it. But you definitely recall the lunches and the Molson guys, such as Fergie Devins who really took care of the players. “Molson and the Leafs were close back then. I was just working a game at the Bell Centre, with their (ownership) connections to Molson, and they were awarding it to their player.” Back in Toronto, the Cup, with a charity component for the winner to donate to his favourite cause, was not highlighted often up to 2019-20, when put on hiatus because of the COVID pandemic. The Leafs missing the playoffs all but one year between 2004-17 didn’t help. This year, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, in conjunction with Molson’s, brought it back. A winner was named monthly with Molson and one of its reps or retailers meeting the player after the game, with a photo posted on the club’s social media platforms. William Nylander won two of the segments for October and March, while in between Mitch Marner took it in November, followed in order by John Tavares, Matthew Knies and Anthony Stolarz April’s and the overall winner will be determined after games next week. Lhornby@postmedia.com X: @sunhornby