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1966-67-Last year of the final 6; Last Cup win for the Leafs

1967-68-Despite a better year than the six expansion teams, the Leafs miss the playoffs

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Ever since 1967 the question in the hockey world has been _ how the Toronto Maple Leafs can manage to win another Stanley Cup. A member of the original six teams, the winners of the second most Stanley Cups in NHL his- tory and countless legends putting on the Leafs jersey haven’t been enough to es-

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tablish a Maple Leaf Stanley Cup in over four decades. Changing up management, bringing in some top-notch coaches and signing future Hall of Famers have all failed to earn the Toronto team a chance to drink from the most famous award in sports. But what has gone wrong? Why,

over 40 years, has one of the -

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How can the Leafs turn it around?

A historical account of the Leafs downfalls,

greatest teams in sports his- tory allowed itself to degrade into the laughing stock it has become?

1993

Any Leaf fan remembers 1993. It was their year. Wen- del Clark held the ‘C’ and superstar Doug Gilmour was proving his worth in the hockey world. Felix Potvin

_1983-84-Owner Harold Ballard » . .refuses to sign Europeans and the eafs finisk in last.

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1984-85-Leafs finish as the worst team in the league, 14 points worse than the worst playoff team

1992-93-The Leafs have their best season in 14 years, make it to semi-finals. A Wayne Gretzky high stick and hat-trick erases any hope for a Leafs/Canadiens finals

2004-05-Season cancelled due to lockout

2008-09-Hockey analysts agree the Leafs will most likely again miss the playoffs for their third straight season

and a satirical solution

manned the goal as one of the league’s finest and Ja- mie Macoun and Dave El- let made it impossible for any opposing team to make a break for the net. It was a great year for any Leaf fan. The cursed team fought all

the way to the Stanley Cup.

semi-finals against Wayne Gretzky and the L.A. Kings.

This was no team to scoff at. Kelly Hrudey had become one of the finest net-minders in the league, Luc Robitaille was quickly becoming an NHL star, Marty McSorley was delivering bone-crush- ing hits and The Great One was at the head of it all.

See ‘Leafs,’ page 8