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Top 5 What-Ifs in Toronto Maple Leafs Team History

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO, ON - MAY 17: Wayne Gretzky #99 of the Los Angeles Kings skates by Doug Gilmour #93 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during NHL semi final series playoff game action on May 17, 1993 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MAY 17: Wayne Gretzky #99 of the Los Angeles Kings skates by Doug Gilmour #93 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during NHL semi final series playoff game action on May 17, 1993 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images) /
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#4. What if the Leafs won Game 7 Against Boston in the 2013 NHL Playoffs?

It’s the game that every Leaf fan wants to forget. Everyone remembers where they were when they watched their favorite team give up a 4-1 lead in the third period on the road in Boston.

It’s arguably the worst loss in franchise history and the team has still yet to win a first round playoff match-up since 2004. But in this world of revisiting history, what would have happened if the Toronto Maple Leafs won that playoff series and continued on their Stanley Cup run.

In the second round, the Leafs would have had home-ice advantage against the New York Rangers. Battling against Henrik Lundqvist would have been a tough test but with home-ice, there’s no reason why they could have stolen that series.

From there, the Leafs very well could have found themselves in the Eastern Conference Finals against Pittsburgh. The team most likely would have ran out of gas by then, as the Sidney Crosby led Penguins would have been too much of a match for Toronto, however you never know.

Overall, if the Leafs won this series it would have been the worst thing to ever happen to them. They may have gave Randy Carlyle a longer lifespan and the team’s rebuild may never have happened so quickly. Thank goodness they never won that game.

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