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Toronto Maple Leafs: NHL Award Possibilities

By James Tanner

TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 7: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against Tyler Seguin #91 of the Dallas Stars during the first period at the Air Canada Centre on February 7, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 7: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against Tyler Seguin #91 of the Dallas Stars during the first period at the Air Canada Centre on February 7, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON – APRIL 23: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs warms-up before facing the Boston Bruins in Game Six of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Air Canada Centre on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a pretty stacked team.

No other team in the NHL – except Edmonton if they wanted to – can match the Toronto Maple Leafs centre depth with Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Nazem Kadri.

What this means is that we’re on the verge of the most anticipated Leafs season in recent history, maybe ever.  And what better way to get pumped up for the season that looking at the NHL Awards and seeing if there are any Leafs candidates.

Considering the Leafs have never had a player win one of the major NHL awards (Norris, Hart, Art Ross, Vezina) in modern times.

Auston Matthews won the Calder, and about a million years ago Dougie GIlmour won the Selke, and Pat Burns won the Jack Adams, but that’s it.

But even those are second-tier awards.  No one really cares about anything but the Hart (MVP) Art Ross (Scoring Leader) Norris (Best defenseman) or the Vezina (Best Goalie).

So what chances to the Toronto Maple Leafs of 2019 have? Let’s check it out.

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