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How the Current Maple Leafs Stack Up Against the 1993 Leafs

ByAndrew Kogut|
TORONTO - JANUARY 31: Toronto Maple Leafs players stand on the ice before the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Air Canada Centre on January 31, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They wore the #93 jersey of Doug Gilmour, whose jersey was raised to the rafters in a ceremony before the game. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images)
TORONTO - JANUARY 31: Toronto Maple Leafs players stand on the ice before the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Air Canada Centre on January 31, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They wore the #93 jersey of Doug Gilmour, whose jersey was raised to the rafters in a ceremony before the game. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images)
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CALGARY, AB – APRIL 4: (L-R) Mitch Marner #16, Auston Matthews #34 and T.J. Brodie #78 of the Toronto Maple Leafs  . (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)

The Toronto Maple Leafs may have their best team since 1993.

The Toronto Map Leafs currently lead the NHL’s Canadian Division and are in the running for their first ever President’s Trophy.  At the recent NHL Trade Deadline, the Leafs added one of the biggest pieces available in Nick Foligno, and seem poised to have their greatest season in decades.

April of 1993: Construction begins in Cleveland on what is now the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Drew Bledsoe is drafted by the New England Patriots with the number one pick; the Ottawa Senators obtain their first ever NHL road victory after 38 failed attempts and, perhaps most importantly of all, Chuck Norris’ classic show, “Texas, Walker Ranger” makes its series debut  

Oh yea, and one more interesting item of note: The Toronto Maple Leafs were actually on the path to a long and entertaining playoff run (I can’t quite remember how it ended though. I do know it Kerry’d on quite a legacy. And that the bad sentiments haven’t yet Wayne’d).

So as we head into the 2021 postseason with a mixture of high expectations and bubbling trepidation, let’s take a look at how the current incarnation of the Maple Leafs squad compares to that of the 1993 one (and please shout out if anyone can remember how those playoffs ended; I think it had something to do with the television debut of Fraser).

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