5 Best Case Scenarios for the Toronto Maple Leafs

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This one seems like the least likely to occur:  one of the Leafs cast offs finds a new home and lives up to his potential by becoming a star.

However, we aren’t talking about what’s likely here today.  Of course at least one of Nick Ritchie, Michael Bunting, David Kampf, Nikita Gusev or Josh Ho-Sang will be an effective player for the Leafs, but we are talking about a Martin St. Louis type best case scenario here.

Famously, despite being a shrimp compared to most NHL players, and not establishing himself by the age of 25, and subsequently being placed on waivers and claimed by the Lightning, Martin St. Louis went on to have a hall of fame career and win a Stanley Cup.

If the Toronto Maple Leafs are to become the unstoppable force I dream about at night once my mom takes away my computer access and locks me in the basement, they will need one of their castoffs to become a star.

Nick Ritchie starts scoring more than Pierre Engvall.

Michael Bunting keeps scoring like Dino Ciccarelli.

Nikita Gusev remembers that he led the KHL in scoring.

Or –

Josh Ho-Sang proves he really was right when he compared himself to Connor McDavid.

If one of these things happens, then watch out, my friends.