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3 Things Toronto Maple Leafs Must Do to Win Stanley Cup

By Stephen Nixon

MONTREAL, QC - MAY 29: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs attempts a shot against goaltender Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens during the first period in Game Six of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell Centre on May 29, 2021 in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens are the first NHL Canadian team to allow a reduced capacity of 2,500 fans inside their venue. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QC - MAY 29: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs attempts a shot against goaltender Carey Price #31 of the Montreal Canadiens during the first period in Game Six of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell Centre on May 29, 2021 in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens are the first NHL Canadian team to allow a reduced capacity of 2,500 fans inside their venue. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /
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MONTREAL, QC – MAY 29: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs  (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) /

The Toronto Maple Leafs have as good of a chance to win a Stanley Cup this season as any other year.

That may sound hard to comprehend but it’s the truth. If you look at the Toronto Maple Leafs roster right now, it’s very good. They should be a top-three team in their division and compete for a championship.

The most likely outcome for the 2021-22 season is that this team will make the playoffs, lose in seven games and the city of Toronto will cry themselves to sleep, but there’s always a chance that the opposite happens.

The NHL is a weird league that even the least competitive teams can find their way to a Stanley Cup Final. All you need is a hot goalie, two months of puck luck and all of sudden it looks like you’re actually going to win, even though you’re not that good of a team.

If you think I’m referring to the Montreal Canadiens you’re completely right.

Kudos to them for making the Finals, but the  Leafs were clearly a better team than them. That doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to win, but if Toronto finds themselves competing against a similar team as Montreal in the playoffs next year, I like their chances.

The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t need to win the President’s Trophy to give themselves a chance at a cup. Instead, they need to be healthy, well rested and have already gone through some adversity as the playoffs start.

However, there are three specific things that this team needs to do to better themselves next year.

As such, here are three things the Toronto Maple Leafs need to do in the regular season to help them get closer to finally winning a

playoff round

Stanley Cup next year.

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