A christmas miracle for the Toronto Maple Leafs this year would be a Stanley Cup, but even in our wildest dreams that seems unrealistic.
As much it feels like the Toronto Maple Leafs will never win a Stanley Cup in your lifetime, it’ll happen, eventually. One of these years, a miracle is going to happen and Bay Street is going to be filled with a blue-and-white parade, but I can’t make that type of bold prediction, yet.
Even if the Leafs were up 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals, I’d assume they’d find a way to lose.
I wonder what Chicago Cubs fans were thinking when their beloved baseball team was one out away from winning their first World Series in 108 years. Do you think they were celebrating early, crying before that final out, or do you think they just assumed it was all going to come crashing down?
Regardless of how they felt, by some miracle, the “Billy Goat Curse” ended and so will the Leafs.
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, if you’re a Leafs fan, we’re all in this together and it’s no secret that everyone of us wants a trade to improve the roster. This team is clearly good enough to potentially win a President’s Trophy, but who knows what’s going to happen in the playoffs.
If the Leafs are finally going to break their drought, the team should go all-win and trade for a player who will make this team better immediately. Not some work in progress who could play on the fourth-line, but someone who will be asked to score in the biggest game of the year.
As a result, here are three Christmas Miracle trades that every Leafs fan would love to see.