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      7
      November
      2008
     
    
   
   
    
     
      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
     
    
   
   
    
     
      19
     
     
      Sitt
     
    
   
   
    
     
      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-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      1969-70-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pow
     
     
      pour
     
     
      Stanley€
     
     
      Flyers,
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SPORTS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Leafs
      finish
      in
      last
     
     
      pdng
      Can
      adian
      team,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘lb
     
    
   
   
    
     
      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
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Shames
      on
      Jerseys
     
     
      Jerseys
      themsé
     
    
   
   
    
     
      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.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anne
      UPEI
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      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