# Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [May 1, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396 "2023-05-01T00:21:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/1 "2023-05-01T00:21:55Z")
The Leafs have never been my team. But it’s been _thirty years_ since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. That’s hard to believe and an embarrassment not solved by more junior teams sometimes doing well internationally. After dispatching Tampa I hope any Canadian manages to break the curse! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/2 "2023-05-01T00:23:41Z")
I saw a game in 1993 when we last won one. Who coulda guessed? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/3 "2023-05-01T03:52:53Z")
Well, the Leafs’ path to the Stanley Cup just got a lot easier, as the Bruins, after putting up one of the greatest regular seasons in history, just choked and were eliminated by the Panthers. 43 points separated them in the standings. Not sure if that’s a record for the distance between two playoff opponents where the lower seed won, but if not it has to be close. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/4 "2023-05-02T00:20:33Z")
People said these Bruins might be the best the best hockey team of all time… Nope. > **[The Best Hockey Team Ever Just Needs to Win the Stanley Cup Now](https://slate.com/culture/2023/04/nhl-playoffs-boston-bruins-best-ever-stanley-cup.html)** > > No team has ever looked this scary entering the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/5 "2023-05-02T12:42:01Z")
They were the best regular season team of all time. but nobody really cares about that. The current odds of winning the Cup have the Leafs #1 and the Oilers #2 - That would be the first all Canadian final since 1989. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/6 "2023-05-02T20:06:10Z")
I prefer Calgary to Edmonton, but am cheering for _any_ Canadian team to break the curse. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396/7 "2023-05-02T23:02:48Z")
I’d put the Hurricanes on top for now.