Really?just watched Tampa come back from a 3-0 deficit to take control of the leafs. I love the leafs but I think they,re done in the first round. I cant see them getting past Tampa in the next 5 years. Both good young teams with lotsof talent.
That will depend on the salary cap continuing to rise, the Leafs can easily outspend the Lightning on what they need. The Leafs could have won the Stanley Cup during 2000 - 02, Bill Waters bald faced lied when he said the club had a budget. The one defenseman they needed was never dealt for. The money was being used to keep Steve Stavro out of bankruptcy, which he eventually did anyway. A don't expect history to repeat itself with the Shany Regime.