Welcome to the first installment of this season’s edition of Ask Every Leaf.



The Athletic readers enjoyed when we posed a series of survey questions last season to the Maple Leafs and learned that Matt Martin’s style is influenced by Peaky Blinders and Tyler Bozak, like the rest of us, can’t resist dialling up for a Domino’s pizza on a Sunday. So we’ve decided to do it again. Over the next few weeks we’ll roll out the answers to a series of intriguing survey questions to help readers understand who the Leafs are away from the rink.



To start, we asked every Maple Leaf the reason behind their numbers. Some players follow superstition, some stick by childhood traditions and many are simply obeying orders.



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Ron Hainsey, 2: (Lou Lamoriello) told me I could be 2 or 3. I picked 2. I wore 2 when I was a kid, from when I was eight to 16 or so. That’s what they gave me back then.



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