OK, they don't exactly have a winning history. Leafs fans will quickly point out that they've won 13 cups, but 12 of them came pre-expansion, 1 in the very first year of expansion, before the new teams could even establish a good roster.
Essentially, all the teams in the NHL had a one in six chance to win the Cup back then. Simple math will tell you- 60 years divided by 6 is 10. Just an average organization should win 10 Cups during the pre-expansion era of the NHL. So, with 13 Cups the Leafs were an above average team in the Original Six era in the NHL.
But, let's move on from 1967, as we all should. I know that I wasn't even alive back then. Since then, the Leafs haven't even contended for the Cup. No final appearances, some rare conference final appearances, but no major threat. For the last 40 years, they can only be described as a losing franchise...except in the bank account. They have made a huge profit year after year despite thier lackluster performance on the ice.
2007-10-14
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